Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity
Vol. 17 No. 1 (2016)

Morphological responses, sensitivity and tolerance indices of four tropical trees species to drought and waterlogging

YULIANTI YULIANTI (Forest Tree Seed Technology Research Institute, Agency of Research, Development and Innovation)
DEDE J. SUDRAJAT (Forest Tree Seed Technology Research Institute, Agency of Research, Development and Innovation)



Article Info

Publish Date
01 Jan 2016

Abstract

Yulianti, Sudrajat DJ. 2016. Morphological responses, sensitivity and tolerance indices of four tropical trees species todrought and waterlogging. Biodiversitas 17: 110-115. Indonesia’s climate model predicts an increase in threat of drought andwaterlogging in several areas. However, knowledge on variations between tropical forest tree species, i.e. Anthocephalus macrophyllus,Anthocephalus cadamba, Fagraea fragrans, and Magnolia champaca to drought and waterlogging stress are still limited, though theyare relevant to future development of forest ecosystem. The objective of this research is to investigate the adaptability of four potentialtree species to drought and waterlogging stress in a controlled greenhouse. The results showed that the adaptive responses of fourtropical tree species were different, according to the results, all species were more tolerant to waterlogging than to drought stress, whichcan be observed from morphological, seedling survival, stress tolerant and stress sensitivity indices. The waterlogging resistant in fourspecies followed the order of: A. cadamba > F. fragrans > A. macrophyllus, and > M. champaca, while for the drought resistant speciesfollowed the order: A. macrophyllus > A. cadamba > F. fragrans and > M. champaca.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

biodiv

Publisher

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology

Description

The Biodiversitas Journal was first published in 2000 by the Department of Biology, FMNS, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Indonesia, then in 2006 it was co-published by the Society for Indonesian Biodiversity and that department; since 2017 it was also hosted by Smujo. From 2003-2012 it was ...