scholarly journals Pollen Competition and Paternal Contribution during Artificially Controlled Pollination of Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) without Castration

Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 1416
Author(s):  
Yuhan Sun ◽  
Ruiyang Hu ◽  
Li Dong ◽  
Xiuyu Li ◽  
Zijie Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Black Locust ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Female Parent ◽  
Paternity Analysis ◽  
Male Parent ◽  
Pollen Competition ◽  
Hybrid Breeding ◽  
Contribution Rate ◽  
Controlled Pollination

(1) Background: Considering the serious damage caused by castration and the extremely high outcrossing rate in nature, we hypothesized that artificial controlled pollination of black locust without castration could be conducted for hybridization breeding. (2) Methods: The study conducted controlled pollination on 20 mating combinations of black locust without castration using a single or mixed male parent. Offspring of different developmental stages and the leaves of parents were collected to extract DNA and perform paternity analysis using SSR molecular markers. (3) Results: The contribution rate of each male parent differed according to developmental stage after pollination using different pollens mixed in equal proportions. There were significant correlations between the genetic similarity between each male parent and female parent and contribution rate of each male parent at three different developmental stages after pollination. (4) Conclusions: The composition of offspring pollen donors showed no bias toward selfing or outcrossing when artificially pollinated without castration. Hybrid breeding of black locust by artificially controlled pollination without castration may not be feasible, given that our manual method resulted in a large number of abortive and abnormal offspring. Introduction of honeybees in a limited space to conduct controlled pollination of black locust for hybrid breeding may be feasible.

scholarly journals Male parent birds exert more effort to reproduce in two desert passerines

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Donghui Ma ◽  
Mengjie Lu ◽  
Zhichang Cheng ◽  
Xingnan Du ◽  
Xiaoyu Zou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Output ◽  
Female Parent ◽  
Northwest China ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Male Parent ◽  
Hatching Rate ◽  
Feeding Rates ◽  
Passerine Species ◽  
Arid Desert ◽  
Habitat Environment

Abstract Background Parental investment by birds is limited by the habitat environment, and a male parent increases its effort to reproduce in birds that live in high-altitude areas. Methods A study of the reproductive behaviour of the Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri) and the Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) was carried out at the Gansu An’xi Extremely Arid Desert National Nature Reserve in northwest China to determine the reproductive input of passerine species in desert habitats. Results In Saxaul Sparrows, compared to the female parent, the male parent exhibited a significantly higher frequency of nest-defense behaviour (chirping and warning) during nesting, hatching and feeding periods. In addition, in comparison to the female parent, the male parent exhibited almost equal frequencies of nesting and incubation but fed nestlings significantly more times. Similar to the male sparrows, the feeding rates of the male Isabelline Shrikes were significantly higher than those of the females. The hatching rate and fledging rate of the Saxaul Sparrow on average in this study were 81.99 and 91.92%, respectively, while those of the shrike were 69.00 and 96.53%, respectively. Conclusions These two different passerine species living in the same desert environment exhibited the same trend in their reproductive investments. Adapting to desert environments is a strategy that may have evolved in passerines where male parent birds put more effort than females into reproduction to ensure high reproductive output.

Improved allometric equations for black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) in the Coweeta Basin

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel L. Scott ◽  
Chelcy F. Miniat ◽  
Jessie Motes ◽  
Sarah L. Ottinger ◽  
Nina Wurzburger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Black Locust ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Allometric Equations

scholarly journals HEAT-INDUCED CHEMICAL AND COLOR CHANGES OF EXTRACTIVE-FREE BLACK LOCUST (ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA) WOOD

BioResources ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yao Chen ◽  
Jianmin Gao ◽  
Yongming Fan ◽  
Mandla A. Tshabalala ◽  
Nicole M. Stark
Keyword(s):  
Black Locust ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Color Changes ◽  
Free Black

scholarly journals Slenderness of trees in black locust stands

2018 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-117
Author(s):  
Szymon Bijak ◽  
Katarzyna Orzoł
Keyword(s):  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Black Locust ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Habitat Type ◽  
Stand Age ◽  
Age Classes ◽  
Breast Height ◽  
Age Class ◽  
Crown Length ◽  
Research Material

Abstract This paper investigates the slenderness of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) trees in relation to the biosocial status of the trees, stand age class, crown parameters and habitat type. The research material was collected on 35 research plots in the Sława Śląska, Sulechów and Głogów forest districts in western Poland and comprises 1058 trees. For each tree, we measured height (h) as well as diameter at breast height (d) and determined its biosocial status (Kraft class), crown length (CL) and relative crown length (rCL). The age class and habitat type were assessed at the plot level. Because the obtained values for slenderness (s=h/d) diverged significantly from the normal distribution, we used Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests to investigate the influence of the above-mentioned parameters on the h/d ratio. Black locust slenderness ranged from 0.31 to 1.95 with an average of 0.91 (standard deviation 0.24). It furthermore differed significantly between Kraft classes (the higher the biosocial status, the lower the slenderness) and age classes (the older the trees, the lower their slenderness). We also found a significant effect of the habitat type (in oligotrophic sites trees formed more slender trunks than in mesotrophic sites) and crown parameters on the h/d ratio (decreasing with increasing crown length and relative crown length). The obtained results suggest that the slenderness of black locust does not differ substantially from native broadleaved trees in Poland.

scholarly journals Propagation from root cuttings for black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) improvement in Hungary: a review

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zs. Keserű ◽  
K. Rédei ◽  
J. Rásó ◽  
T. Kiss
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Black Locust ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Clonal Forestry ◽  
Wood Production ◽  
The World ◽  
More Care ◽  
Improved Cultivars ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia L

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) is a valuable stand-forming tree species introduced to Europe approximately 400 years ago from North America. Today it is widely planted throughout the world, first of all for wood production. In Hungary, where black locust has great importance in the forest management, it is mainly propagated by seeds. But since the seed-raised plants present a great genetic variation, this type of propagation can not be used for Robinia’s improved cultivars. In the Hungarian black locust clonal forestry, propagation from root cuttings can be used for reproduction of superior individuals or cultivars in large quantities. However, this method demands more care than raising seedlings from seeds and can be applied with success in well-equipped nurseries.

scholarly journals Productivity of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) stands on chernozem in Vojvodina

2014 ◽  
pp. 9-31
Author(s):  
Sinisa Andrasev ◽  
Savo Roncevic ◽  
Petar Ivanisevic ◽  
Sasa Pekec ◽  
Martin Bobinac
Keyword(s):  
Soil Type ◽  
Black Locust ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Diameter Growth ◽  
Sample Plot ◽  
Considerable Variability ◽  
Aeolian Sand ◽  
Breast Height ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia L

This paper presents the elements of growth of black locust trees and stands in 15 sample plots in Vojvodina, at the age of 21-68 years. In each sample plot, based on soil profile horizons the determined soil type was chernozem as well as its lower systematic units (subtype, variety and form), according to the Skoric et al. (1985) classification. On the basis of the mean stand heights (hL), the stands on the subtype of chernozem on loess and loesslike sediments belong to height classes I-IV, and stands on calcareous aeolian sand to classes II-V (according to R e d e i et al. 2014), which indicates their considerable variability with respect to productivity within the determined subtypes of chernozem. Significant differences at the level of chernozem subtypes were found between the mean heights (p = 0.032), but not between the mean diameters (p = 0.083). The mean diameters at breast height in the studied black locust stands were on average lower than the models of diameter growth for the appropriate height classes and determined by a larger number of trees per hectare than in the tables (R e d e i et al, 2014). The volume per hectare is higher than in the tables also being conditioned by the large number of trees per hectare.

scholarly journals The Synergy of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Exogenous Abscisic Acid Benefits Robinia pseudoacacia L. Growth through Altering the Distribution of Zn and Endogenous Abscisic Acid

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 671
Author(s):  
Xiao Lou ◽  
Xiangyu Zhang ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Ming Tang
Keyword(s):  
Abscisic Acid ◽  
Mycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Black Locust ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia ◽  
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal ◽  
Am Fungi ◽  
Am Symbiosis ◽  
Antioxidant Defense Systems ◽  
Robinia Pseudoacacia L ◽  
Zn Stress

The simultaneous effects of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and abscisic acid (ABA) on the tolerance of plants to heavy metal (HM) remain unclear. A pot experiment was carried out to clarify the effects of simultaneous applications of AM fungi and ABA on plant growth, Zn accumulation, endogenous ABA contents, proline metabolism, and the oxidative injury of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) exposed to excess Zn stress. The results suggested that exogenously applied ABA positively enhanced AM colonization, and that the growth of plants only with AM fungi was improved by ABA application. Under Zn stress, AM inoculation and ABA application increased the ABA content in the root/leaf (increased by 48–172% and 92%, respectively) and Zn content in the root/shoot (increased by 63–152% and 61%, respectively) in AM plants, but no similar trends were observed in NM plants. Additionally, exogenous ABA addition increased the proline contents of NM roots concomitantly with the activities of the related synthases, whereas it reduced the proline contents and the activity of Δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase in AM roots. Under Zn stress, AM inoculation and ABA application decreased H2O2 contents and the production rate of O2, to varying degrees. Furthermore, in the roots exposed to Zn stress, AM inoculation augmented the activities of SOD, CAT, POD and APX, and exogenously applied ABA increased the activities of SOD and POD. Overall, AM inoculation combined with ABA application might be beneficial to the survival of black locust under Zn stress by improving AM symbiosis, inhibiting the transport of Zn from the roots to the shoots, increasing the distribution of ABA in roots, and stimulating antioxidant defense systems.

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