scholarly journals Root and Shoot Growth Response of Balled-and-Burlapped and Pot-in-Pot Sugar Maple to Transplanting at Five Phenological Growth Stages

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-176
Author(s):  
Lisa E. Richardson-Calfee ◽  
J. Roger Harris ◽  
Jody K. Fanelli

Abstract The combined effects of phenological growth stage of a tree (e.g., bud break or bud set) and production method on plant response to transplanting are not well documented. This experiment therefore examined shoot extension, trunk diameter increase, and new root length production in balled-and-burlapped (B&B) and pot-in-pot (PIP) sugar maples (Acer saccharum Marsh.) transplanted at five different phenological stages between fall 2000 and early summer 2001 (leaf drop, root quiescence, root activation, bud break, or bud set). Growth measurements were made at bud set and root quiescence in 2001 at bud set in 2002. For B&B trees, total new root length on rhizotron windows was generally greatest for trees planted at bud break and lowest for trees planted at leaf drop. Trees transplanted at leaf drop or root quiescence had the greatest trunk diameter increase, and there was no strong effect of phenological stage at planting on shoot extension. For PIP trees, evidence was weak for a phenological stage effect on post-transplant root length production and trunk diameter increase. Trees transplanted at leaf drop or bud break had the greatest shoot extension. Overall, under the well-irrigated conditions of this study, planting at bud break resulted in the most favorable transplant response for B&B trees, and PIP trees appeared to transplant with equal success at all phenological stages, including after bud set in July.

2010 ◽  
Vol 135 (3) ◽  
pp. 203-211
Author(s):  
Lisa E. Richardson-Calfee ◽  
J. Roger Harris ◽  
Robert H. Jones ◽  
Jody K. Fanelli

Root system regeneration after transplanting of large trees is key to successful establishment, yet the influences of different production systems and transplant timing on root growth remain poorly understood. Patterns of new root production and mortality were therefore measured for 1 year after transplanting landscape-sized Acer saccharum Marsh. (sugar maple). Trees were transplanted into root observation chambers (rhizotrons) from two production systems, balled-and-burlapped (B&B) and pot-in-pot (PIP), in November, December, March, April, and July and compared with non-transplanted trees. Although root production stopped in midwinter in all transplants and non-transplanted field-grown trees, slight wintertime root production was observed in non-transplanted PIP trees. Root mortality occurred year-round in all treatments with highest mortality in winter in the transplanted trees and spring and summer in the non-transplanted trees. Non-transplanted PIP trees had significantly greater standing root length, annual production, and mortality than non-transplanted field and transplanted PIP trees. For B&B trees, greatest standing length, production, and mortality occurred in the April transplant treatment. Production and mortality were roughly equal for non-transplanted trees, but production dominated early dynamics of transplanted trees. Overall, increases in root length occurred in all treatments, but the magnitude and timing of root activity were influenced by both production system and timing of transplant.


2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
Raquel Dias Oliveira ◽  
Carla Michelle Silva ◽  
Fábio Mielezrski ◽  
José Sidnei Bezerra Lima ◽  
Ricardo Loiola Edvan

 This study aimed to characterize the harvest phenological stages of soybean cultivars intended for silage. Cultivars were evaluated for dry weight of the composite sample, branches, leaves and pods; wet mass of branches, leaves, pods and ground natural matter. This experiment was a 3 x 2 factorial randomized block design, with four replications each, where the first factor corresponds to the harvest stage: R4, R5 and R6; and the second factor refers to two soybean maturity groups (8.0 and 8.1). A significant interaction was detected only for ground natural matter. Higher values of most traits evaluated were observed for the R6 harvest phenological stage. The cultivar with maturity group 8.0 showed higher values for ground natural matter. 


Weed Science ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Katherine M. Ghantous ◽  
Hilary A. Sandler

Abstract Applying control measures when carbohydrate levels are low can decrease the likelihood of plant survival, but little is known about the carbohydrate cycles of dewberry (Rubus spp.), a problematic weed group on cranberry farms. Weedy Rubus plants were collected from areas adjacent to production beds on commercial cranberry farms in Massachusetts, two locations per year for two years. For each site and year, four entire plants were collected at five phenological stages: budbreak, full leaf expansion, flowering, fruit maturity, and after onset of dormancy. Root sections were analyzed for total nonstructural carbohydrate (TNC; starch, sucrose, fructose, and glucose). Overall trends for all sites and years showed TNC were lowest at full leaf expansion or flowering; when sampled at dormancy, TNC concentrations were greater than or equal to those measured at budbreak. Starch, a carbohydrate form associated with long-term storage, had low levels at budbreak, leaf expansion and/or flowering with a significant increase at fruit maturity and the onset of dormancy, ending at levels higher than those found at budbreak. The concentration of soluble sugars, carbohydrate forms readily usable by plants, was highest at budbreak compared to the other four phenological samplings. Overall, our findings supported the hypothesis that TNC levels within the roots of weedy Rubus plants can be predicted based on different phenological growth stages in Massachusetts. However, recommendations for timing management practices cannot be based on TNC cycles alone; other factors such as temporal proximity to dormancy may also impact Rubus plants recovery and further research is warranted. Late-season damage should allow less time for plants to replenish carbohydrate reserves (prior to the onset of dormancy), thereby likely enhancing weed management tactics effectiveness over time. Future studies should consider tracking the relationship between environmental conditions, phenological stages, and carbohydrate trends.


2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 377-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Farhat Pomari ◽  
Adeney de Freitas Bueno ◽  
Regiane Cristina Oliveira de Freitas Bueno ◽  
Ayres de Oliveiras Menezes Junior ◽  
Augusto Cesar Prado Fernandes Fonseca

Telenomus remus releasing numbers may vary depending on the crop, plant architecture and/or the plant phenological stage. Thus, we examined the number of parasitoids needed for effective pest control of Spodoptera frugiperda on corn, cotton and soybean. In all crops, the parasitism response in relation to increasing numbers of the parasitoids had a quadratic effect. In corn, the maximum parasitism observed was 99.8% and 96.8% at a parasitoid releasing number of 0.231 and 0.264 T. remus females per S. frugiperda egg at phenological stages V4 and V10, respectively. Differently, in cotton and soybean, the highest parasitim were recorded using the highest tested T. remus releasing numbers (0.297 parasitoid per S. frugiperda egg). In cotton, it was 77.8% and 73.1% at the vegetative and reproductive stages, respectively and in soybean, it was 77.3% and 54.4% also at the vegetative and reproductive stages. Thus, the appropriated T. remus releasing number might vary accordingly to the crop and plant phenological stage, being higher for soybean and cotton and lower for corn.


2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 1170-1180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto dos Santos Trindade ◽  
Adelson Paulo Araújo

Selection of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) cultivars with enhanced root growth would be a strategy for increasing P uptake and grain yield in tropical soils, but the strong plasticity of root traits may compromise their inclusion in breeding programs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the magnitude of the genotypic variability of root traits in common bean plants at two ontogenetic stages and two soil P levels. Twenty-four common bean genotypes, comprising the four growth habits that exist in the species and two wild genotypes, were grown in 4 kg pots at two levels of applied P (20 and 80 mg kg-1) and harvested at the stages of pod setting and early pod filling. Root area and root length were measured by digital image analysis. Significant genotype × P level and genotype × harvest interactions in analysis of variance indicate that the genotypic variation of root traits depended on soil nutrient availability and the stage at which evaluation was made. Genotypes differed for taproot mass, basal and lateral root mass, root area and root length at both P levels and growth stages; differences in specific root area and length were small. Genotypes with growth habits II (upright indeterminate) and III (prostrate indeterminate) showed better adaptation to limited P supply than genotypes of groups I (determinate) and IV (indeterminate climbing). Between the two harvests, genotypes of groups II and III increased the mass of basal and lateral roots by 40 and 50 %, respectively, whereas genotypes of groups I and IV by only 7 and 19 %. Values of the genotypic coefficient of determination, which estimates the proportion of phenotypic variance resulting from genetic effects, were higher at early pod filling than at pod setting. Correlations between shoot mass and root mass, which could indicate indirect selection of root systems via aboveground biomass, were higher at early pod filling than at pod setting. The results indicate that selection for root traits in common bean genotypes should preferentially be performed at the early pod-filling stage.


Author(s):  
Lenka Hájková ◽  
Martin Možný ◽  
Věra Kožnarová ◽  
Lenka Bartošová ◽  
Zdeněk Žalud

In this study, phenological and meteorological data have been used to interpret the relationship and influence of weather on current phenological stages of spring barley. The analyses were focused mainly on the stages closely connected with yield and grain filling period – tillering (BBCH 21), heading (BBCH 55) and yellow ripeness (BBCH 85). The aims of this paper were to: (1) calculate the trend in phenological development of spring barley from CHMI phenological stations in period 1991 – 2012 at different climatic zones; (2) evaluate the trend in number of days between phenological stages; (3) evaluate the sums of growing degree days above threshold above 5 °C (GDD) and precipitation totals to phenophase onset calculated since the phenological stage of emergence (BBCH 10); (4) calculate Pearson’s correlation coefficient (PCC) between phenological stage and meteorological parameter. The highest positive PCC was found between GDD and phenological stages of heading and yellow ripeness at Doksany and Strážnice stations situated in lowlands. The average value of GDD to phenological stage heading is within the range from 418.4 to 500.1 °C. The sums of precipitation totals fluctuate from 73.9 mm (Doksany station) to 123.2 mm (Chrastava station). The results of this study suggest that GDD can be a more suitable parameter for phenological model of spring barley development than precipitation total.


1993 ◽  
Vol 23 (12) ◽  
pp. 2603-2608 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilles Houle ◽  
Patrice Babeux

Temporal variations in the rooting ability of cuttings from five clones of Populusbalsamifera L. and five populations of Salixplanifolia Pursh from the Great Whale River valley in subarctic Quebec were determined. Cuttings were sampled monthly from May through October and rooted in a greenhouse. Root number and length of the longest root per cutting were determined 35 days after planting. There were significant variations among the six sampling dates in the rooting potential of cuttings of both species. A higher percentage of cuttings formed adventitious roots in May and June before or shortly after bud break than later, during the growing season; root number and length followed a similar trend. There was an increase in the rooting ability of cuttings of both species towards the fall period. Salixplanifolia produced more roots per cutting than P. balsamifera early in the season (i.e., May and June), but later in the season the differences between the two species were not great; root length showed no such trend. Differences among clones–populations in the rooting potential of cuttings were large for both species. Coefficients of variation for root number were lower in spring than later, during the growing season, for both P. balsamifera and S. planifolia. Seasonal trends in coefficients of variation for root length were not as evident as for root number. These results have significant implications for site restoration in the Subarctic. To optimize the rooting ability of cuttings and minimize the differences among clones–populations in rooting potential, cuttings should be sampled early in the season before bud break or shortly thereafter.


1988 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
WS Meyer ◽  
HD Barrs

Transient waterlogging associated with spring irrigations on slowly draining soils causes yield reduction in irrigated wheat. Physiological responses to short-term flooding are not well understood. The aim of this experiment was to monitor above- and below-ground responses of wheat to single waterlogging events during and after stem elongation and to assess the sensitivity of the crop at these growth stages to flooding. Wheat (cv. Bindawarra) was grown in drainage lysimeters of undisturbed cores of Marah clay loam soil. A control treatment (F0) was well-watered throughout the season without surface flooding, while three others were flooded for 96 h at stem elongation (Fl), flag leaf emergence (F2) and anthesis (F3), respectively. Soil water content, soil O2, root length density, leaf and stem growth, apparent photosynthesis (APS), plant nutrient status and grain yield were measured. Soil water content increased and soil O2 levels decreased following flooding; the rate of soil O2 depletion increasing with crop age and root length. Leaf and stem growth and APS increased immediately following flooding, the magnitude of the increases was in the order F1 >F2>F3. A similar order existed in the effect of flooding which decreased the number of roots. Subsequently, leaf and stem growth decreased below that of F0 plants in F1, and briefly in F2. Decreases in APS of treated plants compared to F0 plants appeared to be due to their greater sensitivity to soil water deficit. There was no effect of flooding on grain yield. It is suggested that, while plant sensitivity to flooding decreased with age, flooding at stem elongation had no lasting detrimental effect on yield when post-flood watering was well controlled.


1977 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 614-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Young ◽  
James W. Hanover

Blue spruce (Piceapungens Engelm.) seedlings grown in a nursery for 1 to 5 years and seedlings grown from seed in a greenhouse under continuous light for 2 to 6 months were studied to determine (1) time to bud set on transfer to short days, (2) time to bud-break on subsequent transfer to long days, and (3) the anatomy of the dormant shoot apex. Seasonal development of the shoot apex of a single 50-year-old blue spruce was also monitored.Time to but set on transfer to short days decreased after long periods under continuous light. Time to budbreak on subsequent transfer to long days increased with increasing age in nursery- and greenhouse-grown seedlings. The dormant shoot apex became more highly differentiated as the nursery-grown seedlings aged from 1 to 3 years, then showed no significant difference after 3 years of age.The 50-year-old blue spruce initiated many new needles in the current bud before bud scale formation, which began in mid-May. Needle primordia initiation in the new bud began in late June and slowed down in late August. Apical dome diameter increased and decreased concurrently with the increase and decrease in rate of needle primordia initiation.


Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 572
Author(s):  
Marta Joanna Monder ◽  
Maciej Niedzielski ◽  
Konrad Woliński

Once-blooming roses belong to difficult-to-root. One-bud leafy cuttings have limited storage capacity, due to the small size of the stem, and are exposed to prolonged stress conditions. The objective of this study was to examine if the treatment of the cuttings of Rosa × alba ‘Maiden’s Blush’ with plant origin preparations as rooting enhancers may increase their rooting percentage, chlorophyll a/b, and proteins concentration in leaves. The cuttings were prepared from shoots in four phenological stages: flower buds closed, flowers open, immediately after petal shedding, and 7–14 days after petal fall. The following were used: 0.4% indole butyric acid (Ukorzeniacz Aaqua), 0.2% naphthalene acetic acid (Ukorzeniacz Baqua), Bio Rhizotonic; Root Juice™, and Bio Roots. Controls included untreated cuttings. The highest rooting percentage was obtained after two treatments with 0.6% Bio Rhizotonic (81.5%), compared to the control (55.0%), using cuttings from shoots with flower buds closed, but the rooting enhancers did not show any unequivocal impact on rooting percentage in cuttings of all phenological stages or affected improvement this feature in cuttings harvested 7–14 after shedding petals with low root ability. However, the action of plant preparations affected positively higher soluble proteins and chlorophyll content. The plant-origin preparations can be used as alternatives to chemicals in nursery production.


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