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URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 682-688Publisher
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.08.003
Keywords
Drought tolerant ability; Irrigation regime; Root activity; Root morphology; Sedum; Vegetated roof
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- Environmental Protection Bureau of the Macao SAR government [018/DPA/DPAA/2011]
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The presence of drought tolerant vegetation is essential for the longevity of an extensive green roof when irrigation is not installed. Earlier studies have examined performance of green roof plants under contrasting watering regimes and found that higher watering frequency provided better growth and survival rates. The effect of early watering regimes on the subsequent response of plants to persistent drought stress in extensive green roofs, however, has not been extensively studied. In order to evaluate the effects of watering regime during the establishment period of Sedum lineare on its growth and drought tolerance, two greenhouse experiments using simulated green roofs were conducted. It was found in the first experiment that a 2-day-interval watering regimen at the early planting stage produced greater root biomass and root size than those of 6-day- and 13-day-interval watering, indicating that deficit watering tended to induce thinner roots in S. lineare. In the second experiment, the remaining plants were subsequently subjected to a 28-day drought treatment. The roots of plants watered at 13-day-interval maintained the highest respiration activity among all plants during the drought period. Results suggest that an appropriate deficit watering regimen at the early planting stage may lead to smaller root size and higher root:shoot ratios in S. lineare, and thereby improve its drought tolerance performance on extensive green roofs. (C) 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
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