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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (24): 37-44.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2025-0095

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Effects of Canopy Density on Photosynthesis and Yield of Intercropping Alpinia galanga Under Eucalyptus Plantations

GAO Kai1(), ZENG Guangyu2, LEI Mingxu3, SHI Wenwen1, TIAN Yanyan1, HE Longfei1()   

  1. 1 College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004
    2 Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, Nanning 530002
    3 Guangxi Beibu Gulf Forestry Property Rights Trading Center, Nanning 530016
  • Received:2025-02-13 Revised:2025-06-20 Online:2025-08-25 Published:2025-09-05

Abstract:

To investigate the effects of different canopy densities of Eucalyptus on the photosynthetic characteristics and yield of Alpinia galanga, four different canopy densities (high canopy density>0.7, medium canopy density 0.4-0.7, low canopy density 0.2-0.4, and no shading) of Eucalyptus were used as experimental subjects for understory intercropping. The photosynthetic characteristics, yield, and quality of A. galanga were evaluated. The results showed that the photosynthetic efficiency (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs) and transpiration rate (Tr) of A. galanga were the highest and the photosynthetic efficiency was the best under no shading treatment, and the yield of rhizome was significantly higher than that of other treatments, showing no shading > low canopy density > medium canopy density > high canopy density. However, under the high canopy density treatment, the net photosynthetic rate of A. galanga decreased, the yield was the lowest, and the flavonoid content in the rhizome of A. galanga significantly increased, reaching the highest level and improving its quality. Pn was significantly positively correlated with the yield, and negatively correlated with the flavonoid content. Stomatal conductance was positively correlated with the yield. This study indicates that enhancing Pn and Gs is crucial for increasing the yield in A. galanga, low canopy closure is more conducive to yield increasing, while high canopy density is beneficial for improving quality.

Key words: under-forest planting, Eucalyptus, canopy density, Alpinia galanga, photosynthetic characteristics, yield and quality