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Strategies for lead distribution in organs of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Common reed) subjected to Pb pollution in flood and drought environments

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Heavy metal allocation in clonal organs, stems, leaves, and roots has not been systematically studied for rhizomatous perennial plants. Here, pot experiments have been designed to investigate lead (Pb) distribution in different organs of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. Common reed subjected to 0–4500 mg Pb kg−1 under both flood and drought conditions. In either water treatment, Pb concentrations in offspring shoots were lower than in parent shoots; however, the opposite response was observed for biomass allocation for which parent shoots protected offspring shoots. Lower allocation of Pb to leaves rather than stems in offspring shoots could be a protective strategy of leaves under flood conditions. Lower Pb allocation to rhizomes is better for rhizome growth. This further provides energy for the growth of buds and offspring shoots, because the rhizome biomass and the number of buds and offspring shoots were not significantly inhibited by Pb levels of ≤ 3000 mg kg−1 in the flooded environment. These Pb allocation strategies could enhance the resistance capacity of reeds to Pb contamination by stabilizing population propagation and productivity, especially at Pb levels of ≤ 3000 mg kg−1 under flood conditions.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge funding support from the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (2017M621670), the National Key Basic Research Program of China (2015CB150801), the Open Fund of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Palygorskite Science and Applied Technology (HPK201604 and HPK201705), the Independent Innovation Fund of Agricultural Science and Technology, Jiangsu Province (CX(16)1051), and the Open Project Program of the Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of Ministry of Education, Northeast Normal University (130028712).

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  1. Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 50 Zhongling St, Nanjing, 210014, Jiangsu, China

    Na Zhang & Zhenhua Zhang

  2. Key Laboratory for Palygorskite Science and Applied Technology of Jiangsu Province, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, 223003, China

    Na Zhang & Jing Chen

  3. Key Lab of Food Quality and Safety of Jiangsu Province—State Key Laboratory Breeding Base, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, 210014, China

    Na Zhang

  4. Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology, Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130012, China

    Yujie Shi & Chunsheng Mu

  5. Academy of Climate Change and Public Policy, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China

    Zhiqiang Li

  6. Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology Ministry of Education, Institute of Grassland Science, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin St, Changchun, 130024, Jilin, China

    Chunsheng Mu

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Zhang, N., Chen, J., Li, Z. et al. Strategies for lead distribution in organs of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Common reed) subjected to Pb pollution in flood and drought environments. Hydrobiologia 819, 53–66 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-018-3629-5

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