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Impact of Gibberellin Treatment on the Growth and Nutrient Condition of Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara in Substrate with Various Fertility

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Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara is a typical macrophyte engineering plant frequently applied in water restoration projects. This study treated V. natans with Gibberellin (GA), and measured its growth features and nutrient element allocation as it grew in high, medium, and low fertility substrates. With GA treatment, V. natans leaf length, leaf biomass, and total biomass increased significantly (p < 0.05), while total concentrations of nitrogen, phosphorus, and soluble sugar in the roots and leaves increased in all substrates, except root total phosphorus values which notably (p < 0.05) decreased in low-phosphorus substrate. Moreover, GA treatment significantly (p < 0.05) decreased the number of ramets while increasing their total biomass, which indicates that this plant hormone substantially affected V. natans asexual reproduction. Substrate available phosphorous (AP) concentrations positively impacted plant growth in a significant manner (p < 0.05), and substrate NO3− concentrations decreased significantly (p < 0.05) as the plant grew. V. natans growth increased substrate Eh while significantly (p < 0.05) decreasing substrate NO3− concentrations. It can be concluded that GA might be applied effectively to waterbody restoration projects by improving the growth status of the plant, and that substrate fertility is critical to enhancing both the growth and nutrient conditions of any plant treated with GA.

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The authors appreciate the precious comments and suggestions given by the anonymous reviewers. This work was supported in part by the Basic Research Foundation of Yunnan Province (202101AT070014), the Yunnan Science and Technology Major Project (grant number 2019BC002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Regional Scientist (grant number 32160298), the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scientists (grant number 3170040) and the Joint Grant of the Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department – Yunnan University Major Project (2018FY001-007).

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This work was supported in part by the Basic Research Foundation of Yunnan Province (202101AT070014), the Yunnan Science and Technology Major Project (grant number 2019BC002), the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Regional Scientist (grant number 32160298), the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Young Scientists (grant number 3170040) and the Joint Grant of the Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Department – Yunnan University Major Project (2018FY001-007).

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    Baozhu Zhang, Yuanxin Li, Zhangjian Liu, Yuhong Fang, Yishuai Lin & Yu Qian

  2. Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, 02481, USA

    Clare Fuya Auld-Brokish

  3. Department of Soil Science and Geology, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Nitra, 94976, Slovak Republic

    Marek Kolenčík

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Zhang, B., Li, Y., Liu, Z. et al. Impact of Gibberellin Treatment on the Growth and Nutrient Condition of Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara in Substrate with Various Fertility. Water Air Soil Pollut 233, 42 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-021-05491-8

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