根系统架构(RSA),作为根源经济光谱的关键特征,描述了根的空间排列和定位,这决定了植物对土壤中水分和养分的探索。尽管如此,对于木本植物的RSA如何响应不同土壤环境中对水和养分的需求以及如何优化这些资源的吸收,仍然知之甚少。在这里,我们选择了柏树funebris的单物种种植园,并确定了它们的拓扑指数(TI),修正的拓扑指数(qa和qb),根链接长度(RLL),根分枝率(Rb和Ri:Ri+1),和原位土壤理化性质,以评估广安市(GA)在不同土壤环境中采用哪种根系觅食策略,遂宁市(SN),绵阳市(MY),和中国的德阳市(DY)。我们还根据其塑料表型测试了不同营养素对RSA的潜在影响。主成分分析(PCA)表明,DY时土壤养分水平最高,其次是MY和SN,在GA较低。观察到GA的二分分支模式,SN,我的,而是DY的人字形分支模式。RLL被列为GA,>SN,>MY>DY.GA的Rb,SN,MY显著低于DY(p<0.05)。在不同的城市地区,不同地区的R1/R2值最大,R4/R5值最小。在任何两个连接的分支顺序之间,根系的横截面面积没有差异。TI,qa,RLL与土壤含水量呈显著负相关,孔隙度,总氮,总钾,可用氮气,和有效磷(p<0.05),而他们都有意义,与土壤温度呈正相关(p<0.05)。Rb与土壤全钾呈极显著正相关(p<0.05)。冗余分析表明,总钾是驱动RSA变异的主要因素。我们的结果强调,RSA能够通过相对于异质环境改变其内部或外部链接的数量以及细根的根链接长度来进行相应的塑性改变,从而优化水的捕获率和空间利用率。
The root system architecture (RSA), being a key characteristic of the root economic spectrum, describes the spatial arrangement and positioning of roots that determines the plant\'s exploration of water and nutrients in the soil. Still, it remains poorly understood how the RSA of woody plants responds to the demand for water and nutrients in different soil environments and how the uptake of these resources is optimized. Here we selected single-species plantations of Cupressus funebris and determined their topological index (TI), revised topological index (q a and q b ), root link length (RLL), root branching rate (R b and R i :R i+1), and in situ soil physicochemical properties to assess which root foraging strategies adopt in different soil environments among Guang\'an City (GA), Suining City (SN), Mianyang City (MY), and Deyang City (DY) in China. We also tested the potential effects of different nutrients upon RSA according to its plastic phenotype. Principal component analysis (PCA) showed that levels of soil nutrients were the highest at DY, followed by MY and SN, and lower at GA. A dichotomous branching pattern was observed for GA, SN, and MY, but a herringbone branching pattern for DY. The RLL was ranked as GA, > SN, > MY > DY. The R b of GA, SN, and MY was significantly lower than that of DY (p < 0.05). Among the different city regions, values of R 1 /R 2 were the largest in different regions and those of R 4 /R 5 the smallest. The cross-sectional area of the root system did not differ between any two connected branch orders. The TI, q a , and RLL were significantly and negatively correlated with soil\'s water content, porosity, total nitrogen, total potassium, available nitrogen, and available phosphorus (p < 0.05), whereas they all had significant, positive relationships with soil temperature (p < 0.05). The R b was significantly and positively correlated with total potassium in soil (p < 0.05). Redundancy analysis showed that total potassium was the main factor driving variation in RSA. Our results emphasize that the RSA is capable of corresponding plastic alterations by changing its number of internal or external links and the root link length of fine roots vis-à-vis a heterogeneous environment, thereby optimizing the rates of water capture and space utilization.