Seasonal differences in the pattern of assimilate movement in branches of Coffea arabica L
At Ruiru, Kenya, 14CO subíndice 2 was fed to single leaves at different distances from the apex on branches of mature fruiting and non-fruiting trees of Coffea arabica on six occasions from the Short Rains (November) 1966 to the Long Rains (April-May) 1967. The location of 14C-labelled assimilates in the treated branches was determined 26 h later by autoradiography. The direction of movement of labelled assimilates indicated large seasonal differences in the relative sink strengths of the shoot tip, fruit and trunk-root systems. On vegetative trees the sink strength of trunk-roots was much smaller, as compared with the shoots, at the beginning of the Long Rains than at the end of the previous Short Rains or in the intervening dry season. Assimilate use by growing fruits did not alter the pattern of distribution of assimilates to the other sinks at the end of the Short Rains, but it did restrict assimilate movement to both shoot tips and trunk-roots at the beginning of the Long Rains. In the dry season, virtually all assimilates were utilized by growing fruits when these were present. Vegetative secondary shoots provided assimilates to growing fruits and trunk-roots at the end of the Short Rains and in the dry season. Some practical implications are noted
Main Authors: | 53731 Cannell, M.G.R., 79380 Huxley, P.A. |
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Format: | biblioteca |
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Oct
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Subjects: | COFFEA ARABICA, ESTACIONES DEL AÑO, FISIOLOGIA, PERIODICIDAD, TRANSLOCACION, SAVIA, NUTRIENTES, RADIOGRAFIA, ANALISIS DE LA PLANTA, |
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