PISTILLATE FLOWER ABORTION IN SERR WALNUT ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED CARBOHYDRATE AND NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS IN WOOD AND XYLEM SAP

被引:12
作者
DENG, X [1 ]
WEINBAUM, SA [1 ]
DEJONG, TM [1 ]
MURAOKA, TT [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF DAVIS, DEPT POMOL, DAVIS, CA 95616 USA
关键词
JUGLANS-REGIA; NITROGEN RESERVES; STARCH; FRUIT SET; FRUIT TREES; CARBON NITROGEN RELATIONSHIPS;
D O I
10.21273/JASHS.116.2.291
中图分类号
S6 [园艺];
学科分类号
0902 ;
摘要
Abortion of pistillate flowers (PFA) in a protandrous cultivar of walnut (Juglans regia L. cv. Serr) was increased by N deficiency. Starch and N concentrations in wood of 2-year-old twigs decreased to minimal levels during abortion of pistillate flowers. Nitrogen reserves in woody tissues were reduced by foliar N deficiency, as were concentrations of sugars and N in vacuum-extracted xylem sap. Abortive pistillate flowers ceased growth before spur leaves reached 50% of full expansion. PFA may result from transient deficiencies of C and N during the spring flush of growth. Depletion of storage C and N was accentuated before maturation of pistillate flowers in this cultivar by the metabolic demands of many catkins, spur growth, and leaf expansion.
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页码:291 / 296
页数:6
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