Responses of branches and leaves biomass distributed in canopy of Phyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescens forest to obstruction and fertilization
An experiment was performed to study the effects of obtruncation and fertilization on biomass distribution pattern of branches and leaves in canopy ofPhyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescensin Zhejiang Province in 2004. In 2010 and 2011, total 50 plants were cut down to investigate branch and leaf biomass. The correlation between biomass of branches and leaves and the round numbers of branch were elaborated, Peel-Reed model was suitably simulated for non-obtruncationPhyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescens (NOPP), and the quadratic curve was suitable for obtruncationPhyllostachys heterocycla cv.pubescens (OPP). Fertilization increased biomass of branch and leaf, but some differences occurred between NOPP and OPP. Biomass of leaf increased more than biomass of branch in NOPP (≥8 round numbers of branch (RNoB)), but it was opposite in total canopy in OPP. The ratio of leaf to branch increased with the increase of round numbers of branch for both NOPP and OPP, while it was smaller than 1 for OPP in total canopy. Fertilization brought about a relatively increase of ratio of leaf to branch in the middle to lower part of canopy for NOPP (such as 23~30 RNoB) and OPP (such as 1~ 9 RNoB). The leaf biomass in OPP accounted for 58.99% of that in NOPP when 1~14 RNoB was retained after obtruncation, and crown shape similarly like an inverted triangle, which was not good for leaf in total canopy to receive the light. Though a better crown shape could be formed after fertilization, reducing the intensity of obtruncation (left 18~20 RNoB) would significantly maintain or increase leaf biomass in management practice.
Phyllostachys heterocyclacv.pubescensbiomass of branches and leavesdistribution pattern in canopycutting top branch of bamboofertilization