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The characteristics of habitat, functional traits and medicinal components of Eucommia ulmoides from Guizhou

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To find out the genuine characteristics of Eucommia ulmoides produced in Guizhou.The habitat, functional characters and the content of medicinal components of Eucommia ulmoides in Guizhou were studied by using the method of sample survey combined with typical survey, related laboratory experiments and quantitative analysis. The results showed that the yield of Eucommia ulmoides plantation in Guizhou was divided into low altitude, low middle and high temperature rain slope latitude mixing, short sunshine hours type(A type), medium altitude, low longitude and latitude, high temperature rain, positive oblique steep slope, medium sunshine hours type (B type), middle altitude, low longitude and latitude, moderate high temperature rain, shady side and sunny side have gentle deflection steep slope, medium sunshine hours type (C type), High altitude, low longitude and latitude, low temperature moderate rain, positive gentle slope, long sunshine hours type (D type); Different types of Eucommia ulmoides plantation, Different habitat quality, B type is intensity karst rocky desertification habitat, A type is potential karst rocky desertification habitat, the C and D types are light and moderate rocky desertification areas, respectively, the species diversity of shrub layer in Eucommia ulmoides plantation was higher in D type and B type, A type and C type followed; There was no significant difference in root carbon content and leaf nitrogen content in 4 types of Eucommia ulmoides plantation, Among the four types of A, B, C, D, there were significant or extremely significant differences in other indexes of plant functional traits; Both genipinic acid and aucubin had the highest content of root bark, followed by trunk bark and lowest leaves, Chlorogenic acid is the opposite, The content of geniposide was higher in trunk bark and lower in root bark and leaves; Genipinic acid is higher in D type, Aucubin is higher in A and D type, Chlorogenic acid has higher leaves content in B type, Geniposide was the highest in trunk bark of D type; The element enrichment coefficient K and Mn leaves are the largest, the largest in trunk bark is Ca and Zn, Fe root bark is the largest; Effects of soil potassium, phosphorus, pH value and bulk weight on the functional traits of Eucommia ulmoides were significant. The contents of medicinal components in root bark, trunk bark, and leaves was influenced by species diversity of shrub layer, The contents of geniposide in root bark, aucubin in root bark and trunk bark, genipinic acid in bark and chlorogenic acid in leaves were particularly affected by soil physical and chemical indexes and metal element contents, The functional traits of Eucommia ulmoides can affect the content of medicinal components in root bark, trunk bark, and leaves, Especially on the root bark, trunk bark, and leaves in the content of aucubin content; The content of medicinal components of Eucommia ulmoides was high and stable. The above research results have important theoretical reference significance for the cultivation of Eucommia ulmoides and the cultivation of target medicinal components and the comprehensive exploitation and utilization of resources.

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The authors would like to thank the editors and anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions.

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This work is supported by the 13th Five-year National Key Research and Development Plan (2016YFC0502604), National Natural Science Foundation of China (51868008,51978187),

Construction Program of Biology First-class Discipline in Guizhou (GNYL[2017]009), Guizhou provincial first-class major (biological science) project (Education department of Guizhou province [2019] 46), the Project of Promoted Innovation of Colleges and Universities of Guizhou Province (Qian Jiao He Collaborative Innovation [2014]01).

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    Changjiang Qian, Zongsheng Huang, Lifei Yu & Lingbin Yan

  2. College of Biological Sciences, Guizhou Education University, Guiyang, 550018, Guizhou, China

    Changjiang Qian, Rongrong Zhang, Jia Li, Xun Liu & Yuhong Fu

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Changjiang Qian: Research project design, investigation, Determination and Analysis of Experimental Data,Writing of the original draft. Rongrong Zhang and Jia Li:Determination of experimental data. Zongsheng Hung: Logical guidance and revision of papers. Lifei Yu: Research program guidance, paper content guidance. Xun Liu, Lingbin Yan and Yuhong Fu:Guidance for the determination of experimental samples.

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Qian, C., Zhang, R., Li, J. et al. The characteristics of habitat, functional traits and medicinal components of Eucommia ulmoides from Guizhou. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 12629–12647 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-15596-6

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