Claim · model-written summary
Populus euphratica accumulated soluble sugars and starch under mild and moderate drought (T1-T2) compared with well-watered controls.
- Taxon
- P. euphratica
Populus euphraticae1 - Treatment
- T1–T2e1
- Outcome
- soluble sugars (SSs) and starch (ST)e1
- Direction
- accumulatede1
- Comparator
- well-watered (CK)e0
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Verbatim
e0“subjected to well-watered (CK), mild (T1), moderate (T2), and severe (T3) drought treatments”
e1“P. euphratica seedlings thickened leaves and vascular tissues and accumulated soluble sugars (SSs) and starch (ST) under T1–T2, but under T3, they prioritized root investment (root biomass +26.0%)”
Title
Zhaoqun Ma; Xi Zhang; Mengyun Lei; et al. Biology 2026. doi:10.3390/biology15080629
Other claims from this paper (19)
- Intervention effect Populus euphratica thickened leaves and vascular tissues under mild and moderate drought (T1-T2) compared with well-watered controls.
- Intervention effect Populus euphratica increased root biomass by 26.0% under severe drought (T3), prioritizing root investment.
- Intervention effect Populus euphratica antioxidant enzymes were activated under mild-to-moderate stress.
- Intervention effect Populus euphratica antioxidant enzymes declined under severe stress.
- Intervention effect Elaeagnus angustifolia increased root biomass by 97.2% under severe drought (T3), with moderate leaf structural thickening.
- Intervention effect Elaeagnus angustifolia maintained stem biomass under severe drought (T3).
- Observation Elaeagnus angustifolia showed continuously elevated superoxide dismutase and peroxidase activities.
- Observation Elaeagnus angustifolia showed continuously elevated soluble protein and proline.
- Observation Elaeagnus angustifolia had the lowest malondialdehyde content.
- Observation Elaeagnus angustifolia leaf carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus contents decreased the least under drought.
- Observation Elaeagnus angustifolia stoichiometric ratios remained stable under drought.
- Observation Xanthoceras sorbifolium progressively reduced leaf thickness and vascular area under drought.
- Observation Xanthoceras sorbifolium depleted nonstructural carbohydrate reserves under drought.
- Intervention effect Xanthoceras sorbifolium showed a significant decrease in proline under severe drought.
- Observation Xanthoceras sorbifolium accumulated the highest malondialdehyde content.
- Observation Xanthoceras sorbifolium had the lowest N/P ratio, indicating the strongest nitrogen limitation.
- Observation Elaeagnus angustifolia has the strongest drought tolerance of the three species.
- Observation Populus euphratica shows moderate drought tolerance but suffers under extreme drought.
- Observation Xanthoceras sorbifolium has the weakest drought tolerance of the three species.