Photosynthetic Capacity, Antioxidant Activity and Molecular Responses in Parthenocissus Quinquefolia (L.) Planch Under High Temperature Stress and Subsequent Recovery

Photosynthetic capacity and photosystem II (PSII) activity decreased with increasing temperature, whereas antioxidant enzyme activity showed the opposite trend. High temperature stress induced a significant increase in Φf,D, and D1 protein turnover rate. Photosynthetic capacity, PSII activity, and antioxidant enzyme levels in plants treated at 35 and 40°C were restored to control levels upon stress relief, whereas those in plants grown at 45℃ were only partially restored. Therefore, the temperature limit for heat tolerance in Parthenocissus quinquefolia is between 40 and 45℃. Further, it was observed that antioxidant enzymes were crucial for high-temperature stress resistance in P. quinquefolia, with DEGP1 protein playing a major role in the rapid turnover of D1 protein for PSII repair. Bangladesh J. Bot. 50(2): 433-436, 2021 (June)

Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper).

A datasheet on Parthenocissus quinquefolia covering, as an economically important tree, its taxonomy, importance, silviculture, distribution, biology and ecology, uses, products and pests.

КОЛЕКЦІЯ РОСЛИН РОДИНИ VITACEAE JUSS. В ДЕНДРОЛОГІЧНОМУ ПАРКУ "АСКАНІЯ-НОВА"

Проаналізовано історію формування і розвитку колекції рослин родини Vitaceae у дендропарку "Асканія-Нова". За понад століття тут було випробувано 17 видів та 6 форм виноградових. Натепер культивуються рослини 8 таксонів з 3 родів: Vitis – 5 видів; Parthenocissus – 1 вид, 1 форма; Ampelopsis – 1 вид. Найдовше, більше 100 років, вирощується у парку Parthenocissus quinquefolia; 70 років – Vitis vinifera, 69 років – V. аmurensis, 60 років – V. labrusca, 40 років – V. сhampini, майже 20 років – V. riparia, Ampelopsis japonica. Вони є перспективними для використання в озелененні регіону.

Transformation of historical landscapes as a result of biological invasions

Immovable objects of cultural heritage are inextricably linked to the place where they are located. The preservation of the object itself and its perception in the historical context guarantees the immutability of the protected area. Pyatigorsk historical and cultural heritage sites were used to assess the stability of their associated landscapes. The transformation of historical landscapes over time was established as a result of field research and analysis of the photo bank of data over a 125-year period. Landscape changes are associated with changes in vegetation during biological invasions, that is, they are the result of a combination of natural and anthropogenic factors. Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco, Laburnum anagyroides Medik., Syringa vulgaris L. participate in the transformation of the landscape of the Lermontov grotto, and Robinia pseudoacacia L., Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle, and Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. participate in the transformation of the landscape of the Diana’s Grotto. All of them in previous years were introduced to the culture for use in landscaping Pyatigorsk. Their distribution and introduction to local cenoses began at the end of the XX century, after they entered the stage of naturalization. The listed invasive species have different geographical origins (Europe, Eas t Asia, North America) and belong to different life forms (coniferous tree, deciduous tree, deciduous shrub, deciduous liana). Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco, Syringa vulgaris L., Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle are phytocenozotransformers, that is, they are dangerous not only for the landscapes of cultural heritage sites, but also for native plant communities. Robinia pseudoacacia L., Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. And Laburnum anagyroides Medik. are currently epectophytes, which does not exclude the possibility of their transition to agriophytes. The restoration of historical landscapes requires human intervention.

ОСОБЕННОСТИ ПРОЦЕССОВ ВОССТАНОВИТЕЛЬНОЙ СУКЦЕССИИ НА ВЫРУБКАХ В УСЛОВИЯХ ВНЕДРЕНИЯ ИНВАЗИОННОЙ ЛИАНЫ PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA (L.) PLANCH

В статье рассматриваются изменения в видовом составе, спектре жизненных форм, фитосоциологическом спектре, спектре эколого-ценотических групп и значениях экологических режимов в сообществе на месте вырубки после внедрения и увеличения обилия инвазивной лианы Parthenocissusquinque folia. Следствием является уменьшение численности видов, плотности подроста, доли луговых видов, возрастание доли адвентивных и синантропных видов. Эти изменения ведут к блокировке восстановительной сукцессии.

ECOLOGICAL AND CENOTIC ROLE OF ALIEN PLANT SPECIES IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS OF THE VORONEZH CITY DISTRICT

The processes of depletion of zonal vegetation are closely related to the settlement of invasive species. Within the forest ecosystems of the urban district of Voronezh, 31 invasive species from 30 genera and 19 families were recorded. The method of ecological scales revealed the ecological-coenotic aspects of phytoinvasions. The sample involved geobotanical descriptions (grouped by formational feature) of native phytocenoses without an alien component in the flora and phytocenoses replacing them with the active participation of invasive species within the same research object. Infestations of these species are accompanied by the development of allogeneic successions, which are characterized by a decrease in the species diversity of communities and the role of native taxa in them. The processes of infestations are typical for the region and are observed in communities of floodplain forests and meadows, native and derived forests and sub-forests, broad-leaved and mixed forests, slope meadow and steppes. Plant invasions in the coniferous and deciduous forests of the district are characterized by the expansion of 3 species of woody (Acer negundo, Fraxinus pennsylvanica, Robinia pseudoacacia), 5 species of shrub (Sambucus racemosa, Caragana arborescens Lam., Viburnum lantana, Amelanchier spicata, Parthenocissus quinquefolia) and 4 species of herbaceous plants (Bidens frondosa, Impatiens parviflora, Galinsoga parviflora, Solidago canadensis). Phytoindication of pine forests shows the transformation of all 10 environmental indicators for communities with invasive species. For broad-leaved forests, the introduction of biomorphologically close taxa to native species does not lead to a sharp transformation of the ecological parameters of forest biotopes. The introduction of alien species into alder forests leads to a change in the ecological parameters of their biotopes towards mesophilization. This speeds up the process of the emergence of new alien species from the number of mesophytic taxa and an increase in the role of already settled ones. From 2007 to 2017, the invasive flora of the alder forests of the Voronezh increased from one species to four. According to the degree of invasiveness, the ecosystems of the southern upland, southwest oak forest, northern upland oak forests and pine forests have average values of 6.4 %, 6.1 %, 5.1 %, 5.7 %, respectively. Alder forests are minimally invasive, the share of invasive species is 1.3 %, which does not exceed 5 % of the threshold. Minor changes cover indicators: climate thermal mode (TM), continental climate (KN), climate aridity / humidity (OM), cryoclimatic (CR), soil trophicity (TR), soil acidity (RC), moisture variability (FH). Communities with a high level of participation of invasive species are actively developing in ecotonic conditions: forest edges and alder areas of terraces. As a result of the settlement of alien species in the Alder forests, a decrease in the price activity of the following native species is observed: Impatiens noli-tangere, Humulus lupulus, Solanum dulcamara, Thelypteris palustris, Paris quadrifolia, Maianthemum bifolium. To warn of the possible expansion of Acer negundo, Parthenocissus quinquefolia and Galinsoga parviflora, a high water cut regime for alder forests is required. Under the conditions of global and climatic changes, this is a rather complicated task, requiring constant monitoring of the abiotic and biotic components of the forest, as well as the regulation of nature management regimes in the floodplains of small rivers. The implementation of ecological and cenotic strategies for invasive species in forest communities is accompanied by a restructuring of the ecology of biotopes, which is expressed in the transformation of the ecological parameters of pine forests, mesophilization of alder biotopes, increasing the moisture content and richness of oak forests, the emergence of new alien species and reducing the cenotic activity of some native taxa. The most significant changes are subject to parameters: soil moisture (HD), soil nitrogen richness (NT), illumination/shading (LC).

Оцінювання біолого-екологічних властивостей деревних ліан в умовах міста Херсон

У ході досліджень на території Херсона виявлено 31 вид деревних витких рослин. Встановлено, що всі деревні ліани, що використовуються в озелененні міста, є інтродуцентами. Показниками їх успішного зростання та онтогенезу у нових умовах є зимостійкість, посухостійкість, стійкість до шкідників та хвороб, а також здатність до розмноження. Найбільш зимостійкими ліанами в досліджених умовах виявились Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch., P. tricuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch., Lonicera caprifolium L., Campsis radicans (L.) Seem., Actinidia kolomikta (Rupr.) Maxim. та Clematis jackmanii Moore. Найвищий бал посухостійкості присвоєний тільки Fallopia baldshuanica (Regel) Holub та Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet. Інші види менш посухостійкі. Важливим чинником, який впливає на хід інтродукції, є стійкість до хвороб та шкідників. Виявлено, що найбільш стійкими є Celastrus scandens L., Lonicera periclymenum L., L. brownii (Reg.) Carr., L. japonica Thunb., Menispermum canadense L., Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Ваill., Wisteria sinensis (Sims) Sweet. Рясно самосів утворюють Wisteria sinensis, Periploca graeca L., Ampelopsis aconitifolia Bge, Clematis manschurica Rupr., C. glauka Willd. Інші виткі рослини частіше розмножуються вегетативним шляхом. За результатами визначення коефіцієнта адаптації деревних ліан з'ясовано, що за комплексом ознак найбільш пристосовані до умов дослідження Ampelopsis aconitifolia, Campsis radicans, Celastrus orbiculata Thunb., Clematis jackmanii, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, P. tricuspidata, Lonicera caprifolium, L. giraldii Rehd., Fallopia baldshuanica (Regel) Holub, F. auberti (Henry) Holub, Menispermum canadense, Wisteria sinensis, Periploca graeca. Інші види є обмежено перспективними або малоперспективними для вертикального озеленення міста, однак їх використання можливе при ретельному підборі місця посадки та організації догляду за ними.