Relationships between Water Translocation and Zinc Accumulation in Citrus Trees with and without Blight1

Autor: R. H. Young, H. K. Wutscher, L. G. Albrigo
Rok vydání: 1980
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 105:444-447
ISSN: 2327-9788
0003-1062
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.105.3.444
Popis: Orange trees (Citrus sinensis (L.) Osb.) with early-stage (sectored) and moderate blight were evaluated for zinc accumulation and water translocation characteristics. Zinc accumulated at above-normal levels in the outer 2 cm of trunk wood, but water uptake was at below-normal levels in the inner 2 to 6 cm of trunk wood of moderately blighted trees. Water-flux density of roots was not correlated with zinc accumulation. In trees with early stages of blight, zinc accumulated at above-normal levels in the healthy-appearing sides of the trunks, as well as in the blighted sides, but the water uptake in the healthy-appearing sides was similar to that in the trunks of healthy trees. Evidence suggested that the blight effect on abnormal zinc metabolism developed prior to the dysfunction of water translocation.
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