The Invasive Plant Amaranthus spinosus L. Exhibits a Stronger Resistance to Drought than the Native Plant A. tricolor L. under Co-Cultivation Conditions When Treated with Light Drought
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Design
2.2. Method for Determining the Stress Resistance Index
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
IPS | Invasive plants |
SRI | Stress resistance index |
PCA | Principal component analysis |
DLAs | Monocultural A. spinosus treated with a light drought |
DLMixAs | Co-cultivated A. spinosus treated with a light drought |
DHAs | Monocultural A. spinosus treated with a heavy drought |
DHMixAs | Co-cultivated A. spinosus treated with a heavy drought |
DLAt | Monocultural A. tricolor treated with a light drought |
DLMixAt | Co-cultivated A. tricolor treated with a light drought |
DHAt | Monocultural A. tricolor treated with a heavy drought |
DHMixAt | Co-cultivated A. tricolor treated with a heavy drought |
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Stress Resistance Index | ||
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Height | r | 0.534 ** |
p | 0.007 | |
Ground diameter | r | 0.347 |
p | 0.097 | |
Fresh weight | r | 0.769 *** |
p | <0.0001 | |
Dry weight | r | 0.892 *** |
p | <0.0001 | |
Water content | r | −0.146 |
p | 0.495 | |
Leaf length | r | 0.266 |
p | 0.210 | |
Leaf width | r | 0.019 |
p | 0.929 | |
Specific leaf area | r | −0.201 |
p | 0.347 | |
Leaf fresh weight | r | 0.029 |
p | 0.893 | |
Leaf dry weight | r | 0.210 |
p | 0.324 | |
Leaf water content | r | −0.076 |
p | 0.726 | |
Leaf chlorophyll content | r | 0.121 |
p | 0.573 | |
Leaf nitrogen content | r | 0.134 |
p | 0.533 | |
Malondialdehyde content | r | −0.309 |
p | 0.142 | |
Proline content | r | −0.123 |
p | 0.567 | |
Catalase activity | r | −0.160 |
p | 0.454 | |
Peroxidase activity | r | 0.410 * |
p | 0.047 | |
Superoxide dismutase activity | r | 0.315 |
p | 0.133 |
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Wang, C.; Liu, Y.; Li, C.; Li, Y.; Du, D. The Invasive Plant Amaranthus spinosus L. Exhibits a Stronger Resistance to Drought than the Native Plant A. tricolor L. under Co-Cultivation Conditions When Treated with Light Drought. Plants 2024, 13, 2251. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13162251
Wang C, Liu Y, Li C, Li Y, Du D. The Invasive Plant Amaranthus spinosus L. Exhibits a Stronger Resistance to Drought than the Native Plant A. tricolor L. under Co-Cultivation Conditions When Treated with Light Drought. Plants. 2024; 13(16):2251. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13162251
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Congyan, Yingsheng Liu, Chuang Li, Yue Li, and Daolin Du. 2024. "The Invasive Plant Amaranthus spinosus L. Exhibits a Stronger Resistance to Drought than the Native Plant A. tricolor L. under Co-Cultivation Conditions When Treated with Light Drought" Plants 13, no. 16: 2251. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants13162251