Abstract:In order to investigate the effects of exogenous silicon addition on the growth of Phoebe bourneiseedlings under light stress, the changes of different light intensity and silicon addition in the growth, biomass, leaf morphology and photosynthetic parameters of P. bourneiseedlings were analyzed. The results showed that shading and silicon addition had significant effects on the growth and photosynthetic traits of seedlings. Moderate shading and silicon addition were beneficial to the growth of seedling height, ground diameter, biomass of organs and leaf morphology (length, width and area) of seedlings. The decrease of light intensity was conducive to the accumulation of chlorophyll in leaves, and the addition of silicon further promoted the accumulation of chlorophyll in the 15%-60% light intensity, which made seedlings better adapt to light stress. The addition of 1 000 to 2 000 mg/kg silicon under 15% to 40% light intensity could improve the chlorophyll fluorescence parameters in leaves and promote photosynthesis. The addition of 1 000~2 000 mg/kg silicon under 40% light intensity was more conducive to improving the net photosynthetic rate, stomatal conductance and transpiration rate of leaves, reducing the intercellular CO2 concentration, promoting the improvement of photosynthetic capacity of seedlings, and improving the adaptability of seedlings to light stress. Therefore, the regeneration of P. bournei seedlings was suitable under certain shade conditions, and the addition of silicon was conducive to alleviating light stress, improving the leaf morphology and photosynthetic efficiency of seedlings under different light intensity, improving their growth adaptability to light stress, and then promoting the growth of seedlings, which is conducive to the improvement of afforestation and regeneration effect.