Zeng Fan Jiang1,2,
Alhagi sparsifolia Shap. is one dominant plant species in the desert-oasis transitional zone on the southern edge of Taklamakan Desert, which plays an important role in windbreak and sand fixation as well as in husbandry development. In this paper, a controlled experiment was conducted over the root architecture and biomass distribution of A. sparsifolia Shap. seedlings in the growth season. The results showed: Root biomass: from July to October, aboveground biomass, underground biomass and total biomass of the seedlings varied with different irrigation gradients: 0m3/m2 > 0.2m3/m2> 0.1m3/m2; root/shoot ratio also showed similar variation pattern: 0m3/m2> 0.2m3/m2> 0.1m3/m2 biomass could be described with an S-shaped logistic curve.
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Research Articles | Published: 03 April, 2018
Online ISSN : 2229-4473.
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Keywords:
phreatophytic perennial plant, <I>A lhagi sparsifolia</I> Shap, root biomass.
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