From the juvenile to the adult vegetative phase in olive seedlings: the transition along the stem axis

Autor: Laura Casanova, M. Paz Suárez, Victor M. Fernández-Cabanás, Ana M. Morales-Sillero, M. Rocío Jiménez, Pilar Rallo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol 12, Iss 4, Pp 1149-1157 (2014)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2171-9292
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2014124-6363
Popis: Sexual reproduction in olive is carried out for purposes such as breeding. The seedlings evolve from the juvenile to the adult stage, and until now, only the discrete developmental phases have been investigated in detail. However, the transition process has been poorly studied in fruit trees, especially in olive. In this paper, juvenile to adult transition has been explored in 30 olive seedlings coming from the Table Olive Breeding Program of the University of Sevilla, Spain. Despite of the great variability found in the olive leaf morphological parameters, mean values increased linearly from the bottom (juvenile) to the top (adult tissue) of the seedling. An upward lineal decrease in the rooting ability was also observed for the set of seedlings evaluated. No significant differences were found for the maximum net photosynthesis (PNmax) or maximum stomatal conductance (gsmax), although the lowest values were measured at
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