Effect of restricted watering and its combination with root pruning on root growth capacity, water status and food reserves of Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis seedlings

Six-month old Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis seedling were subjected to various regimes of restricted watering and their combinations with root pruning to determine a suitable technique of producing seedlings with optimum physiological condition for successful bare-root planting. From the range of...

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Main Authors: Abod, Sheikh Ali, Sandi, Simon
Format: Article
Language:en
Published: Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk Publishers 1983
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114790/1/114790.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/114790/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02182647?error=cookies_not_supported&code=7fd198b2-42dc-4095-918e-6cfe8db4e20f
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Summary:Six-month old Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis seedling were subjected to various regimes of restricted watering and their combinations with root pruning to determine a suitable technique of producing seedlings with optimum physiological condition for successful bare-root planting. From the range of treatments tested, plants subjected to watering once every 9 days (D9) were found to be the 'hardest' in terms of highest root growth capacity, leaf water content, root starch content and in having a moderately low transpiration rate. P. caribaea seedlings subjected to this preconditioning treatment may be more able to survive bare-root planting. © 1983 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers.