Abstract:To study the mechanism by which phosphorus supplementation alleviates saline-alkali stress on leguminous forage, the moderately and heavy saline-alkali soils in the Songnen region were selected as the cultivation media. Five phosphorus supplementation levels(P0, P20, P40, P80, P160 and P320 mg P/kg dry soil) were set up to analyze the responses of the root/leaf functional traits of Astragalus adsurgens and their impacts on the biomass of seedlings. The results showed that, phosphorus addition induced a reallocation of aboveground biomass(AGB)and root biomass(RW) in Astragalus adsurgens seedlings. Under severe saline-alkali stress, seedlings prioritized root growth, whereas moderate saline-alkali stress triggered preferential allocation to aboveground organs. Key functional traits, including specific leaf area(SLA), specific root surface area(SRA), specific root length(SRL),root length(RL), and root tip number(RT), showed an increasing trend with phosphorus supplementation, while leaf dry matter content(LDMC) exhibited a decreasing trend. These adaptive adjustments enhanced the capacity of leaves and roots to acquire water and nutrients, reflecting a resource optimization strategy to counteract salinealkali constraints. The results of variance decomposition showed that the explanatory degrees of the root and leaf functional traits of Astragalus adsurgens on AGB and RW under the moderate salt-alkali treatment were 46.2%and 37.7% respectively, and those under the severe salt-alkali treatment were 66.7% and 35.7% respectively.Combined with the analysis of the economic spectrum, the roots, leaves and whole plants of Astragalus adsurgens showed an acquisitive strategy under phosphorus addition. From the moderate to severe salt-alkali treatment, the leaves of Astragalus adsurgens showed a conservative strategy, the roots showed an acquisitive strategy, and the whole plant showed a transition from an acquisitive to a conservative strategy.