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Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)

The relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in the tropical tree Durio zibethinus Murray growing in an experimental field of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), was examined. Fruit dry mass was allometrically related to the product of lateral and longitudinal fruit diameters...

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Main Authors: Ogawa, Kazuharu, Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom, Awang, Muhamad, Furukawa, Akio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2007
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9413/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.08.002
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spelling my.upm.eprints.94132011-01-31T09:56:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9413/ Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray) Ogawa, Kazuharu Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom Awang, Muhamad Furukawa, Akio The relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in the tropical tree Durio zibethinus Murray growing in an experimental field of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), was examined. Fruit dry mass was allometrically related to the product of lateral and longitudinal fruit diameters by a power function, and the mass growth rate of the fruits was linearly related to the peduncle cross-sectional area. This linear relationship indicates that the specific fruit growth rate, defined as the fruit mass growth rate per unit cross-sectional area of peduncle, is constant. On the basis of previous findings of proportionality between the fruit growth rate and the rate of translocation of photosynthates into the fruit through the peduncle, it was concluded that fruit growth rate, translocation rate and peduncle cross-sectional area are proportional to each other. Elsevier 2007-01-10 Article PeerReviewed Ogawa, Kazuharu and Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom and Awang, Muhamad and Furukawa, Akio (2007) Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray). Ecological Modelling, 200 (1-2). 254-258 . ISSN 0304-3800 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.08.002 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.08.002 English
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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description The relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in the tropical tree Durio zibethinus Murray growing in an experimental field of Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), was examined. Fruit dry mass was allometrically related to the product of lateral and longitudinal fruit diameters by a power function, and the mass growth rate of the fruits was linearly related to the peduncle cross-sectional area. This linear relationship indicates that the specific fruit growth rate, defined as the fruit mass growth rate per unit cross-sectional area of peduncle, is constant. On the basis of previous findings of proportionality between the fruit growth rate and the rate of translocation of photosynthates into the fruit through the peduncle, it was concluded that fruit growth rate, translocation rate and peduncle cross-sectional area are proportional to each other.
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author Ogawa, Kazuharu
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Awang, Muhamad
Furukawa, Akio
spellingShingle Ogawa, Kazuharu
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Awang, Muhamad
Furukawa, Akio
Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)
author_facet Ogawa, Kazuharu
Abdullah, Ahmad Makmom
Awang, Muhamad
Furukawa, Akio
author_sort Ogawa, Kazuharu
title Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)
title_short Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)
title_full Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)
title_fullStr Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)
title_sort relationship between fruit growth and peduncle cross-sectional area in durian (durio zibethinus murray)
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2007
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9413/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.08.002
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