Shengfeng Chai, Haidu Jiang, Yishan Yang, Xinfeng Pan, Rong Zou, Jianmin Tang, Zongyou Chen, Danjuan Zeng, Xiao Wei
We grew three yellow Camellia species (the calcifuge C. nitidissima and C. tunghinensis , and the calcicole C. pubipetala ) in acidic and calcareous soils for 7 months and assessed their photosynthetic physiological characteristics, growth performance, and element concentrations in this developmental context. The calcifuge C. nitidissima and C. tunghinensis species exhibited poor growth with leaf chlorosis, growth stagnation, and root disintegration in calcareous soils, and with their P n , G s , T r , F v / F m , ΦPSII, ETR, qP, leaf Chla, Chlb, and Chl(a + b) concentrations, and root, stem, leaf, and total biomass being significantly lower when grown in calcareous soils relative to in acidic soils...
2024: Open Life Sciences