Productivity and water relations of burnt and long-unburnt semi-arid shrubland in Western Australia

2003 ◽  
Vol 257 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-340 ◽  
Author(s):  
K.A. Mappin ◽  
J.S. Pate ◽  
T.L. Bell
Keyword(s):  
Water Relations ◽  
Western Australia ◽  
Semi Arid

Yield, plant characteristics, and relative tolerance to bunch loss of four banana varieties (Musa AAA Group, Cavendish subgroup) in the semi-arid subtropics of Western Australia

1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 237
Author(s):  
TR Hill ◽  
ARJ Bissell ◽  
JR Burt
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The Other ◽  
Marketable Yield ◽  
Relative Tolerance ◽  
Plant Characteristics ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Semi Arid

The yield, plant characteristics (pseudostem height and girth), and relative tolerance to bunch loss of 4 banana varieties (Musa AAA Group, Cavendish subgroup) were studied over 2 crops in the semi-arid subtropics at Carnarvon, Western Australia. The varieties were New Guinea Cavendish, Chinese Cavendish, Hsien.Jen Chiao, and the most widely grown Australian variety, Williams. The marketable yield of Williams was higher (P<0.05) than the mean of the other varieties in the parent crop (70.2 v. 50.7 t/ha) and ratoon 1 crop (65.8 v. 34.4 t/ha). This was the result of lower (P<0.05) bunch loss, about 41% less over the 2 crops, than for the other varieties. Resistance to bunch loss-pseudostem breakage and bunch peduncle snap was not associated with the shorter varieties (New Guinea Cavendish and Chinese Cavendish), but resistance to choke throat was associated with the taller varieties (Williams and Hsien Jen Chiao).

scholarly journals Water relations and photosynthetic capacity of two species of Calotropis in a tropical semi-arid ecosystem

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (3) ◽  
pp. 397-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wilmer Tezara ◽  
Rita Colombo ◽  
Ilsa Coronel ◽  
Oranys Marín
Keyword(s):  
Water Relations ◽  
Photosynthetic Capacity ◽  
Arid Ecosystem ◽  
Semi Arid
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