Decomposition of Subtropical Fruit Tree Leaf Litter at Nelspruit, South Africa

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 859-872
Author(s):  
Nndamuleleni Romeo Murovhi ◽  
Simeon Albert Materechera
HortScience ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (7) ◽  
pp. 941-945
Author(s):  
Kunkun Li ◽  
Weiqi Dong ◽  
Yun Zhao ◽  
Hongxia Xu ◽  
Junwei Chen ◽  
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Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.) is an economically important subtropical fruit tree, originating and commercially produced mainly in China and Japan. The aseptic seed germination of 13 loquat cultivars, including 9 white-fleshed cultivars and 4 red-fleshed ones, was studied, and the relationship between the germination rate and the content of endogenous ABA in seeds was explored. The germination rate and the seedling height at 80 days after sowing of white-fleshed cultivars were generally higher than that of red-fleshed ones. The ABA content in seeds was generally lower in white-fleshed cultivars, and the ABA content negatively correlated with the germination rate at 80 days after sowing. A moderate detrimental effect of 75% ethanol disinfection on aseptic germination of loquat seeds was observed, especially, for the cultivar Dahongpao, and the germination rate and seedling height were reduced by around half and one-third, respectively. The addition of plant preservative mixture (PPM) to the germination medium at a final concentration of 25 mg·L−1 effectively controlled contamination when the 75% ethanol disinfection procedure was omitted.


Mycologia ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 86 (3) ◽  
pp. 447-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. W. Crous ◽  
M. J. Wingfield ◽  
W. B. Kendrick
Keyword(s):  

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (05) ◽  
pp. 726-730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matheus Ferreira França Teixeira ◽  
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Daniel Teixeira Pinheiro ◽  
Hamilton Carvalho Santos Junior ◽  
Ediane Conceição Alves ◽  
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1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
UK Sarkar ◽  
BJ Saha ◽  
C Goswami ◽  
MAH Chowdhury

A pot experiment was conducted at the open net house of the Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, during the period from March to June 2007 using soil collected from the surrounding areas of Gazni sal forest of Jhenaigati upazilla under Sherpur district to study the effect of different forest tree leaf litters on growth, yield, nutrient contents of red amaranth cv. Altapety. Plant height, number of leaves plant-1, dry weight plant-1 and moisture content (%) were significantly influenced by the addition of different forest tree leaf litters and highest values were obtained from the chemical fertilizer treatment which was identical with teak leaf litter in most of the parameters. The lowest values of most of the parameters were obtained from control treatment. Nutrient contents of red amaranth were significantly influenced by the addition of different leaf litters except Mg. The highest and lowest values of most of the nutrient contents and their uptake were recorded from chemical fertilizer and control treatment, respectively. It was also observed that addition of different leaf litters substantially decreased soil acidity and significantly increased the organic matter, total N, available P, exchangeable K, available Ca, Mg contents in the post harvest soil. The performance of these leaf litters with respect to growth, yield, nutrient contents and their uptake by red amaranth and the soil fertility was in the order teak >eucalyptus>acacia>sal. Overall results suggested that leaf litters can be used as an alternative of chemical fertilizer in the surrounding areas of Gazni sal forest for profitable production of leafy vegetables like red amaranth. Keywords: Leaf litter; Red amaranth; Forest soil; Yield quality DOI: 10.3329/jbau.v8i2.7929 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 8(2): 221-226, 2010


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