Effects of pH and Mineral Nutrition on Growth and Physiological Responses of Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana), and White Spruce (Picea glauca) Seedlings in Sand Culture
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Total Dry Weights and Shoot to Root (s/r) Dry Weight Ratios
2.2. Gas Exchange
2.3. Chlorophyll Concentrations
2.4. Elemental Concentrations of Young Leaves in 25% Hoagland’s Solution
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plants and Experimental Setup
4.2. Experimental Treatments
4.3. Dry Weights and Foliar Chlorophyll Concentrations
4.4. Net Photosynthesis (Pn) and Transpiration (E) Rates
4.5. Elemental Analysis of Young Foliage
4.6. Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Xu, F.; Vaziriyeganeh, M.; Zwiazek, J.J. Effects of pH and Mineral Nutrition on Growth and Physiological Responses of Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana), and White Spruce (Picea glauca) Seedlings in Sand Culture. Plants 2020, 9, 682. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9060682
Xu F, Vaziriyeganeh M, Zwiazek JJ. Effects of pH and Mineral Nutrition on Growth and Physiological Responses of Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana), and White Spruce (Picea glauca) Seedlings in Sand Culture. Plants. 2020; 9(6):682. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9060682
Chicago/Turabian StyleXu, Feng, Maryamsadat Vaziriyeganeh, and Janusz J. Zwiazek. 2020. "Effects of pH and Mineral Nutrition on Growth and Physiological Responses of Trembling Aspen (Populus tremuloides), Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana), and White Spruce (Picea glauca) Seedlings in Sand Culture" Plants 9, no. 6: 682. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9060682