A field mesocosm experiment with Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) seedlings was conducted in Chenda State-Owned Forest Farm, Sanming, Fujian Province. The effects of soil warming (ambient +5 ℃) on specific respiration rates and nonstructural carbohydrate (NSC) concentrations in fine roots were measured by the ingrowth core method, to reveal the belowground responses and the adaptability of Chinese fir to global warming. The results showed that soil warming caused significant changes of fine root NSC in the second year. The NSC and starch concentrations in 0-1 mm fine roots, and the NSC and sugar concentrations in 1-2 mm fine roots decreased signifi-cantly in January. The NSC, sugar and starch concentrations in 0-1 mm roots and the starch concentration in 1-2 mm roots increased in July. Soil warming had no significant effect on fine root NSC in the third year. The specific root respiration rate of the 0-1 mm roots significantly increased in July of the second year but significantly decreased in July of the third year in the warmed plots. Compared with the 0-1 mm roots, soil warming had no significant effect on the specific root respiration rate of the 1-2 mm roots. In conclusion, the responses of fine root respiration to soil warming depended on the duration of warming. Fine root respiration partly acclimated to soil warming with increasing duration of soil warming, which kept fine root NSC being relatively stable.
在福建省三明市陈大国有林场开展杉木幼苗土壤增温试验,采用内生长环法研究土壤增温(+5 ℃)对杉木幼苗细根比呼吸速率和非结构性碳的影响,分析杉木人工林对全球变暖的地下响应及其适应性.结果表明: 增温第二年,土壤增温引起细根组织内非结构性碳水化合物(NSC)的较大变化,1月增温处理0～1 mm细根NSC和淀粉浓度下降,1～2 mm细根可溶性糖和NSC浓度下降;7月增温处理0～1 mm细根NSC、可溶性糖和淀粉浓度提高,使1～2 mm细根淀粉浓度增加.增温第3年,土壤增温对细根NSC无显著影响.增温处理使0～1 mm细根比根呼吸速率在增温第二年7月增加,而在第三年7月下降;与0～1 mm细根相比,增温处理对1～2 mm细根比呼吸速率没有显著影响.细根呼吸对增温的响应与增温持续时间有关,随增温时间的延长,细根呼吸产生部分驯化,同时能够使细根NSC浓度保持稳定.
Keywords: fine root respiration; nonstructural carbohydrate; respiration acclimation; soil warming.