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- Title
Research advances in the responses of carbohydrates in grassland plants to environmental stress.
- Authors
Gao, Y. Z.; Wang, Y. H.; Wang, J. T.; Liu, J. S.; Wang, D. L.
- Abstract
Carbohydrates are the main energy materials for plant metabolic activities. Enough carbohydrates stored in roots are necessary for plant re-growth, its tolerance against environmental stress, and the maintenance of grassland ecosystem stability. This paper summarized the influences of grazing, nitrogen fertilization, salt stress, drought, low temperature, and low oxygen stress on the carbohydrates in grassland plants, and introduced the advanced methods of measuring root carbohydrates. It was suggested that the research emphasis in the future should be paid on the relationships between root soluble sugar components and root physio-ecological functions.
- Subjects
GRASSLAND plants; ENVIRONMENTAL engineering; PLANT growth; PLANT metabolism; GRAZING; NITROGEN in agriculture; ECOLOGY; GRASSLANDS; DROUGHTS; PLANT roots
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2009, Vol 20, Issue 11, p2827
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article