Xylem plays an important role in regulating the leaf water potential and fruit quality of Meiwa kumquat (Fortunella crassifolia Swingle) trees under drought conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 214 ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naoto Iwasaki ◽  
Kyouka Hori ◽  
Yuri Ikuta
2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 891 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pilar Pita ◽  
Antonio Gascó ◽  
José A. Pardos

Leaf growth, predawn leaf water potential (Ψpd), evapotranspiration, stem maximum permeability, and its percentage loss of hydraulic conductivity (PLC) were measured in rooted cuttings of selected clones of Eucalyptus globulus Labill. subjected to well-watered and drought conditions. Drought significantly reduced evapotranspiration, leaf growth and maximum permeability. E. globulus clones lost up to 70% of conductivity at values of Ψpd less negative than –1 MPa. PLC values higher than 85% could not be measured without causing leaf shedding. The coefficient related to the slope of the vulnerability curves ranged from 1.52–2.23. The lowest value was measured in the most drought-resistant clone, as estimated from field trials. Plants from this clone displayed higher drought-induced reductions in maximum permeability than plants from other clones, had significantly smaller leaves and maintained higher values of predawn leaf water potential as soil water content (SWC) declined.


2017 ◽  
Vol 63 (No. 7) ◽  
pp. 313-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stojanović Marko ◽  
Szatniewska Justyna ◽  
Kyselová Ina ◽  
Pokorný Radek ◽  
Čater Matjaž

Increased frequency and intensity of drought events consequently affect oak high forests with the process of further decline, compromised growth and questionable natural regeneration. To overcome such difficulties, new adaptive strategies are required. Coppicing, as the oldest way of forest management, might provide some solutions. In our study two contrasting management systems, sessile oak coppice and high forest, were compared at the initial stages of regeneration and forest development. The transpiration of young oak sprouts and seedlings was monitored using sap flow systems during the 2015 growing season. The study of transpiration also included leaf water potential measurements during three measurement campaigns with contrasting weather conditions. Coppice sprouts transpired significantly more than seedlings on the individual tree and stand level during the entire growing season 2015; particularly large differences were observed during drought conditions. Coppice sprouts experienced lower water limitations due to the voluminous and deeper root system as indicated by leaf water potential results. Presented results attribute young coppices as one of the promising adaptable forest management types with a better adaptive strategy at the extreme sites under water limiting conditions.


1986 ◽  
Vol 78 (4) ◽  
pp. 749-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. K. Hicks ◽  
R. J. Lascano ◽  
C. W. Wendt ◽  
A. B. Onken

Crop Science ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Johnson ◽  
H. T. Nguyen ◽  
R. W. McNew ◽  
D. M. Ferris

2021 ◽  
Vol 255 ◽  
pp. 112274
Author(s):  
S. Junttila ◽  
T. Hölttä ◽  
E. Puttonen ◽  
M. Katoh ◽  
M. Vastaranta ◽  
...  

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Vegas Riffle ◽  
Nathaniel Palmer ◽  
L. Federico Casassa ◽  
Jean Catherine Dodson Peterson

Unlike most crop industries, there is a strongly held belief within the wine industry that increased vine age correlates with quality. Considering this perception could be explained by vine physiological differences, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of vine age on phenology and gas exchange parameters. An interplanted, dry farmed, Zinfandel vineyard block under consistent management practices in the Central Coast of California was evaluated over two consecutive growing seasons. Treatments included Young vines (5 to 12 years old), Control (representative proportion of young to old vines in the block), and Old vines (40 to 60 years old). Phenology, leaf water potential, and gas exchange parameters were tracked. Results indicated a difference in phenological progression after berry set between Young and Old vines. Young vines progressed more slowly during berry formation and more rapidly during berry ripening, resulting in Young vines being harvested before Old vines due to variation in the timing of sugar accumulation. No differences in leaf water potential were found. Young vines had higher mid-day stomatal conductance and tended to have higher mid-day photosynthetic rates. The results of this study suggest vine age is a factor in phenological timing and growing season length.


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