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Growth Responses and Photosynthetic Indices of Bamboo Plant ( Indocalamus latifolius ) under Heavy Metal Stress.

Investigating factors involved in the alleviation of the toxic effects of heavy metals (HMs) on plants is regarded as one of the important research concerns in the environmental field. The southern regions of China are severely impacted by human-induced heavy metal (HM) contamination, which poses an impediment to growth and productivity of bamboo ( Indocalamus latifolius ) plants. This necessitates the investigation of the effects of HMs on growth and physiological properties of bamboo. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate some gas exchange and growth parameters in two-year-old bamboo species under HMs stress. A greenhouse-based experiment was conducted at Nanjing Forestry University, where the bamboo plant was treated with three HMs (Cu, Pb, and Zn) at four different concentrations (0, 500, 1000, and 2000 mg kg-1). The results illustrated that excessive HMs (1000 and 2000 mg kg-1 ) triggered a decline in a number of photosynthetic-related indices including the rate of photosynthesis ( μ mol CO2 m-2 s-1 ), intercellular CO2 concentration ( μ mol CO2 mol-1 ), conductance to H2 O (mol H2 O m-2 s-1 ), and net assimilation as well as transpiration. Morphological indices were also depressed as a result of the adverse influence of HMs, leading to decreased shoot length (10 to 73%) and reduced number of emerged plants (6 to 57%). Also, the results indicated that Pb had the greatest harmful impact on the growth indices.

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