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

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Abod, Sheikh Ali and Sandi, Simon (1983) 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. Plant and Soil, 71 (1-3). pp. 123-129. ISSN 1573-5036; eISSN: 0032-079X

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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.

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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Forestry and Environment
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02182647
Publisher:	Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk Publishers
Keywords:	Bare-root planting; Pinus caribaea; Plant food reserves; Plant water status; Restricted watering; Root growth capacity; Root pruning; Tropical climate
Depositing User:	Ms. Azian Edawati Zakaria
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2025 07:30
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2025 07:30
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