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Effect of Canopy Gaps on Growth and Water Use Efficiency of Seedling of Vulnerable Species, Hopea sangal Korth

Febrina Artauli Siahaan, . Soejono, Endang Arisoesilaningsih

Annual Research & Review in Biology · pp. 1–9 · Published 14 Jul 2022

10.9734/arrb/2022/v37i830522

Abstract

Aims: Hopea sangal Korth. is listed as vulnerable species and recently its remnant habitat was rediscovered in the degraded forest near the springs area in East Java. In the forest, the regeneration of the seedling and saplings understory is affected by the heterogeneity in environmental factors especially various light levels due to the canopy gaps. H. sangal is considered a shade-tolerant species, hence the establishment of the seedling in its natural habitat occurs under the closed canopy. This study aimed to understand the Water Use Efficiency (WUE) and Relative Growth Rate (RGR) of Hopea sangal Korth seedling grown in two different levels of tree canopy shades. Study Design: This research was using a completely randomized design, with 9 replications. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in the Purwodadi Botanic Garden, East Java, between March – July. Methodology: We used seedling of H. sangal collected from the field in Pasuruan which were planted in plastic pots and acclimatized to obtain seedling of a similar size. The microclimate was measured weekly using solarimetri and sling psychrometer at 08.00; 10:00; 12:00; 14:00 and 16:00. RGR was measured by harvesting the seedling and whole plant WUE was measured using the gravimetric method. Results: We observed the light level during the periodic opening of the canopy gap was significantly different at a specific time (8-12 am), with the highest light intensity at 10.00 of 333.57 µmol photon m-2s-1. The canopy shades differences did not affect the WUE of seedling (P = 0.333), meanwhile, there was a significant difference in the seedling RGR (P = 0.025). The seedling that were grown under a higher gap and received higher light intensity periodically during a day had higher RGR than those under a closed canopy.  The WUE has a positive relationship with the RGR of seedling (R2 = 0.5; P < 0.05). Conclusions: This study suggested that the H. sangal is one of the shade-tolerant species capable of responding to gap-opening sunlight. The study also showed RGR of the seedling positively correlated with the WUE of plants, indicating that the seedling could use the water supply efficiently to grow rapidly.

Seedling canopy gaps hopea sangal water use efficiency relative growth rate

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