The effect of drought stress on the morphology of Anthephora pubescens Nees

Autor:	A.C. Moolman, M.W. van Rooyen, N. van Rooyen
Rok vydání:	1996
Předmět:	Drought stress Morphology (linguistics) Phenology media_common.quotation_subject fungi Water stress phenophases food and beverages drought Plant Science Biology Wool-grass biology.organism_classification water stress Anthephora pubescens Agronomy tillering morphology Reproduction media_common
Zdroj:	South African Journal of Botany. 62:36-40
ISSN:	0254-6299
DOI:	10.1016/s0254-6299(15)30575-5
Popis:	The effect of drought stress on the morphology of Anthephora pubescens Nees was examined at three phenological stages, i.e, during the vegetative stage (P1), at the onset of reproduction (P2) and during the late reproductive stage (P3). This was induced by withholding water from the plants for 15 days. The morphology of A. pubescens was adversely affected by drought stress during its actively growing stage (P1) in that both leaf area and leaf length were reduced. However, it caused an increase in vegetative tillering of both P1 and P2 plants. Reproduction of A. pubescens was negatively influenced by drought stress, as reproductive tillering was reduced at both P1 and P2 stages, and the reproductive tillers formed at stage P3 were shorter.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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