2022
DOI: 10.3389/ffgc.2022.914199
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Provenance Differences in Water-Use Efficiency Among Sessile Oak Populations Grown in a Mesic Common Garden

Abstract: ContextAs a widespread species, sessile oak (Quercus petraea) populations occupy a wide range of ecological conditions, with large gradients of soil water availability. Drought acclimation involves a plastic increase in water-use efficiency (WUE), a trait that is easily measured using the carbon isotope composition (δ13C). However, the question remains whether WUE is an adaptive trait that impacts the fitness of trees in natural environments.Objectives and MethodsTo investigate whether WUE was a drought-adapti… Show more

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“…This study focused on 11 provenances of F. hodginsii, including the local provenances within Fujian Province and the non-local provenances from other provinces. All individuals were 23-year-old mature individuals with root growth essentially stagnant; hence, the interaction between the soil and their root system also tended to be stable in this garden environment [48][49][50]. Interestingly, the exotic F. hodginsii provenances in this study (i.e., GZLP, HNDX, JXSY, and GDSX) have higher soil nutrient content (C, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, and Mn) than native provenances or the already widely used soil modification species in Fujian (like P. massoniana and Casuarina equisetifolia), which suggest they could be more suitable for local cultivation [51,52].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This study focused on 11 provenances of F. hodginsii, including the local provenances within Fujian Province and the non-local provenances from other provinces. All individuals were 23-year-old mature individuals with root growth essentially stagnant; hence, the interaction between the soil and their root system also tended to be stable in this garden environment [48][49][50]. Interestingly, the exotic F. hodginsii provenances in this study (i.e., GZLP, HNDX, JXSY, and GDSX) have higher soil nutrient content (C, P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, and Mn) than native provenances or the already widely used soil modification species in Fujian (like P. massoniana and Casuarina equisetifolia), which suggest they could be more suitable for local cultivation [51,52].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The leaf δ 13 C is thus a good proxy for a long-term iWUE, especially under relatively homogenous environmental conditions. Also, as it can be easily sampled in a large number of individuals in the field while representing plant long-term trends in water-use efficiency, the leaf δ 13 C offers good insights to analyse adaptation of tree species to environmental aridity (Rabarijaona et al 2022).…”
Section: Relationship Between Intrinsic Water-use Efficiency and Leaf...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They also have bigger leaf areas and leaf thickness, take deeper roots, and invest more resources in the development of belowground (fine and coarse roots) organs at the expense of aboveground (leaves and stems) ones. [15,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. This indicates their better adaptation to drought [25,26].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%