Growth of bean plants at elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (11) ◽  
pp. 2021-2025 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Jolliffe ◽  
David L. Ehret
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Growth Curves ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Pure Gold ◽  
Unit Leaf ◽  
Leaf Weight ◽  
Leaf Formation ◽  
Suitable Index

Plants of Phaseolus vulgaris L. cv. Pure Gold Wax were grown in controlled environment chambers at six CO2 concentrations ranging from 340 to 3000 μL L−1. Data for plant growth analysis were obtained from five harvests from 11 to 55 days after planting. Growth curves were fitted to the data using a cubic spline regression procedure. CO2 enrichment caused large and rapid increases in leaf dry weight, unit leaf rate, and specific leaf weight. Smaller responses included a decrease in leaf area ratio and an increase in leaf weight ratio. Root dry weight and leaf area were not significantly affected by CO2 treatments. Relative growth rate was initially higher in CO2-enriched plants and later declined; it may not be a suitable index for the evaluation of CO2 effects during long periods of growth. The results indicate that leaf formation and expansion were not limited by assimilate supply. Maximum growth and pod yield were obtained in plants grown at 1200 μL L−1 CO2.

scholarly journals Seedling Growth of Catawba Rhododendron. I. Temperature Optima, Leaf Area, and Dry Weight Distribution

HortScience ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 1298-1302 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Bradley Rowe ◽  
Stuart L. Warren ◽  
Frank A. Blazich
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Seedling Growth ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Root Weight ◽  
Root Dry Weight ◽  
Leaf Weight Ratio ◽  
Leaf Weight ◽  
Total Plant

Catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense Michx.) seedlings of two provenances, Johnston County, N.C. (35°45′N, 78°12′W, elevation = 67 m), and Yancey County, N.C. (35°45′N, 82°16′W, elevation = 1954 m), were grown in controlled-environment chambers for 18 weeks with days at 18, 22, 26, or 30C in factorial combination with nights at 14, 18, 22, or 26C. Shoot and root dry weights and total leaf areas of seedlings of the Yancey County provenance (high elevation) exceeded (P ≤ 0.05) those of the Johnston County (low elevation) provenance at all temperature combinations. Leaf area was maximal at 22/22C, 18/26C, and 22/26C and minimal at 30/14C (day/night). Shoot dry weight responded similarly. Root dry weight decreased linearly with increasing day temperature, but showed a quadratic response to night temperature. Leaf weight ratio (leaf dry weight: total plant dry weight) increased, while root weight ratio (root dry weight: total plant dry weight) decreased with increasing day temperature. Leaf weight ratio was consistently higher than either stem or root weight ratios. Day/night cycles of 22 to 26/22C appear optimal for seedling growth.

scholarly journals Growth Analysis and Photosynthesis Measurements of Cucumber Seedlings Grown under Light with Different Red to Far-red Ratios

HortScience ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (7) ◽  
pp. 843-846 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshio Shibuya ◽  
Ryosuke Endo ◽  
Yoshiaki Kitaya ◽  
Saki Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Net Photosynthesis ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Unit Leaf Area ◽  
Cucumber Seedlings ◽  
Unit Leaf ◽  
Net Assimilation ◽  
Normal Light

Light with a higher red to far-red ratio (R:FR) than sunlight reduces plant growth, but the cause has not been firmly established. In the present study, cucumber seedlings were grown under normal light (similar to sunlight; R:FR = 1.4) from metal-halide lamps or high-R:FR light (R:FR = 4.3) created by transmitting their light through FR-absorbing film, and then their growth parameters and photosynthesis were compared. The relative growth rate (RGR) at high R:FR was 92% of that under normal R:FR, although the net assimilation rate (NAR) did not differ between the treatments, indicating that changes in net photosynthesis per unit leaf area did not cause the growth inhibition at high R:FR. The CO2 exchange per unit leaf area did not differ between the treatments, which supports this hypothesis. The leaf area ratio (LAR) of total plant dry weight of high R:FR seedlings to that of normal R:FR seedlings was also 92%. This suggests that growth suppression in the high R:FR seedlings was caused mainly by decreased LAR. The specific leaf area (SLA) and leaf weight ratio (LWR), components of LAR, under high-R:FR light were 89% and 105%, respectively, of those under normal light, indicating that the smaller LAR at high R:FR mainly results from suppressed leaf enlargement per unit leaf dry matter.

scholarly journals Growth Analysis of Tomatoes Grown in Black Polyethylene and Hairy Vetch Mulches

HortScience ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 810D-810
Author(s):  
John R. Teasdale ◽  
Aref A. Abdul-Baki ◽  
William J.E. Potts
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Growth Analysis ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Hairy Vetch ◽  
Vicia Villosa ◽  
Relative Growth ◽  
Tomato Plants ◽  
Unit Leaf

Dry weight and leaf area of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) plants grown on raised beds with black polyethylene (BP) or hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) (HV) mulches were measured at weekly intervals during 1993 and 1994. Leaf area and foliage, fruit, and total weight of tomato plants grown in BP were greater early in the season, but less later in the season than plants grown in HV. The relative growth rate of tomatoes in HV was higher throughout most of each year than that in BP. There was little difference between treatments in unit leaf rate (rate of weight gain per unit leaf area). The growth rate of fruit per unit of tomato foliage was greater in BP than HV, whereas the leaf area to weight ratio was greater in HV than BP. These results suggest that tomatoes grown in BP produce greater early yield because of greater early foliage growth and greater partitioning to fruit than HV. However, tomatoes grown in HV eventually outgrow and outyield those in BP because of greater partitioning to and maintenance of leaf area throughout the season.

scholarly journals Effects of temperature and light intensity on growth of fodder beet (Beta vulgaris L. var. crassa Mansf.)

1970 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebahattin Albayrak ◽  
Necdet Çamas
Keyword(s):  
Light Intensity ◽  
Plant Growth ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Growth Parameters ◽  
Growth Models ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Root Weight ◽  
Leaf Weight ◽  
Net Assimilation

Changes in plant growth viz. leaf area, leaf weight ratio, root weight ratio, dry leaf weight, dry root weight, total plant dry weight, specific leaf area, leaf thickness, leaf area ratio, net assimilation rate and relative growth rate due to the effects of environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity were described by plant growth models. All equations produced for growth parameters were affected by light intensity and temperature. From multi-regression analysis, close relationships were found between actual and predicted growth parameters. The regression coefficients (r²) of the equations for growth parameters varied from 0.95 to 0.99 for cultivar Ecdogelb and 0.83 to 0.99 for cultivar Ecdorot, respectively.  

scholarly journals A method to improve leaf succulence quantification

1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
André Mantovani
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Weight Ratio ◽  
Volume Ratio ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Fresh Weight ◽  
Ecological Implications ◽  
Leaf Succulence ◽  
Sun Leaves

Leaf succulence has important physiological and ecological implications. Currently it is quantified by Delf's index (fresh weight/leaf area) and fresh weight/ dry weight ratio. Both indeces are reconsidered and a new index is proposed. Shade and sun leaves from terrestrial, hemiepiphytic and epiphytic aroids were studied. Delf's formula, which does not consider dry weight, overestimated leaf succulence. As fresh weight / dry weight ratio (fw / dw) does not consider leaf area, plants with the same fw / dw ratio were more than five times different in area. The last case was only possible with a decrease in surface / volume ratio and a increase of mesophyll thickness, components not measured by fw / dw ratio. The new index proposed here, which takes into consideration dry weight and leaf area, showed a high correlation to mesophyll thickness.

An appropriate physiological control for environmental temperature studies: comparative growth kinetics of winter rye

1984 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 1062-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Krol ◽  
M. Griffith ◽  
N. P. A. Huner
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Leaf Area ◽  
Growth Response ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Maximum Growth ◽  
Cold Hardening ◽  
Lag Phase ◽  
Winter Rye ◽  
Kinetics Of ◽  
Leaf Dry Weight

The accurate interpretation of physiological and biochemical alterations observed in plants grown under contrasting environmental conditions requires knowledge of their relative physiological ages. For this purpose, we compared the growth kinetics of winter rye (Secale cereale L. cv. Puma) at nonhardening and cold-hardening temperatures. Growth at nonhardening temperatures was characterized by a 10-day lag phase with the attainment of maximum growth after about 28 days. Growth at cold-hardening temperatures resulted in an extension of the lag phase to about 21 days with maximum growth being attained after 56 days. The calculated growth coefficient at cold-hardening temperatures was 35–40% of that at nonhardening temperatures. This relationship was consistent with growth parameters such as leaf dry weight, fresh weight, and area, but not with plant height. Although total leaf dry weight and total number of leaves per plant did not differ between nonhardened and cold-hardened plants at maximum growth, total leaf area per plant and stretched plant height was 3- to 4-times greater in nonhardened than in cold-hardened plants. This resulted in a fourfold increase in leaf dry weight per leaf area during growth at low temperature in contrast to the maintenance of a constant ratio during growth at nonhardening conditions. The increase in this ratio during low temperature growth was, in part, accounted for by a decrease in water content and an increase in cytoplasmic content. These results were confirmed by the investigation of growth on an individual leaf basis. However, the growth response of leaves 1 and 2 differed from that of leaves 3 and 4 when the leaf dry weight: leaf area ratio was measured as a function of time at cold-hardening temperatures. This indicates that the stage of leaf development influences its growth response to an altered environment. The results of the development of leaf freezing tolerance indicated that maximum vegetative growth appeared to coincide with maximum freezing tolerance of leaves from cold-hardened plants (−22 °C) but not of leaves from unhardened plants (−11 °C).

Growth and development at cold-hardening temperatures. Pigment and benzoquinone accumulation in winter rye

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 716-721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianna Krol ◽  
Norman P. A. Huner
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Cold Hardening ◽  
Carotenoid Content ◽  
Winter Rye ◽  
Warm Temperature ◽  
Leaf Ontogeny ◽  
Unit Leaf ◽  
Area Basis

Accumulation of chlorophyll, the carotenoids (β-carotene, lutein, violaxanthin, and neoxanthin), and the benzoquinones (plastoquinone A and α-tocopherol) were monitored in 'Puma' rye as a function of leaf ontogeny at warm and cold-hardening temperatures. Although the kinetics of accumulation differed among the leaves of warm-grown plants, the initial and maximum levels of the pigments and benzoquinones expressed on a leaf area basis did not differ significantly among the first four leaves of the main culm. In contrast, the third and fourth leaf of cold-grown plants, which developed completely at the low temperature, generally exhibited initial and maximum pigment and benzoquinone levels 60–300% greater than was observed for leaf 1 and 2 of cold-grown plants, which were completely or partially developed at the warm temperature regime. This resulted in pigment and benzoquinone levels which were 1.6- to 3-fold greater in the plants grown at cold-hardening temperatures than those grown at the warm temperature, when expressed on a per unit leaf area basis. However, when pigment accumulation was calculated on a chlorophyll basis, the benzoquinone content of leaves that developed solely at cold-hardening temperatures exhibited a 1.7-fold increase over the same leaves developed at warm temperatures. Carotenoids did not exhibit this trend. Calculations based on chlorophyll/carotenoid content and dry weight accumulation indicated that leaves that were developed at cold-hardening temperatures appeared to produce more dry matter per unit of photosynthetic pigments than the same leaves that were developed at nonhardening temperatures.

scholarly journals Karakter Agronomi yang Berpengaruh Terhadap Hasil dan Mutu Rajangan Kering Tembakau Temanggung

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
. Djumali
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Plant Height ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Leaf Angle ◽  
Yield And Quality ◽  
Leaf Weight ◽  
Genetic Characters ◽  
Leaf Dry Weight

<p>Hasil dan mutu tembakau temanggung merupakan hasil interaksi pengaruh genetik tanaman dan kondisi ling-kungan tumbuh. Pada tembakau virginia, peubah-peubah agronomi tanaman merupakan karakter genetik ta-naman yang mempengaruhi hasil dan mutu. Pada tembakau temanggung, hal ini belum diketahui. Penelitian yang bertujuan untuk memperoleh peubah agronomi sebagai karakter genetik tembakau temanggung dan ka-itannya dengan hasil dan mutu rajangan kering dilakukan di rumah kaca Balittas, Malang sejak Maret–Agus-tus 2008. Sembilan kultivar tembakau temanggung disusun dalam rancangan acak kelompok yang diulang ti-ga kali. Pengamatan dilakukan terhadap peubah agronomi yang dimulai pada saat pemangkasan sampai pa-nen akhir. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa peubah agronomi yang meliputi tinggi tanaman, sudut daun, luas daun, jumlah daun, bobot spesifik daun, luas daun per helai, bobot kering tanaman, bobot kering tajuk, bobot kering akar, rasio tajuk/akar, bobot kering batang, bobot kering daun, bobot kering bunga, dan bobot kering tunas samping merupakan karakter genetik tembakau temanggung. Karakter agronomi tersebut mem-pengaruhi hasil dan mutu rajangan kering dengan total pengaruh masing-masing sebesar 92,8% dan 76,7%. Lima karakter agronomi utama yang mempengaruhi hasil rajangan kering adalah luas daun per helai, jumlah daun, bobot spesifik daun, tinggi tanaman, dan bobot kering daun dengan total pengaruh sebesar 89,4%. Adapun lima karakter agronomi utama yang mempengaruhi mutu rajangan kering adalah luas daun, rasio tajuk/akar, bobot kering tanaman, bobot kering bunga, dan tinggi tanaman dengan total pengaruh sebesar 75,7%.</p><p> </p><p>The yield and quality of temanggung tobacco are influenced by plant genetic and growth environmental. In virginia tobacco, plant agronomic variables were genetical characteristics determining yield and quality. The effect of agronomical characteristic on yield and quality of temanggung tobacco is not yet well defined. The research which aim to find plant agronomical variables as genetic characters and its relationship on dry slice and quality of temanggung tobacco, was conducted in glass house of IToFCRI, Malang from March–August 2008. Nine cultivars of temanggung tobacco were arranged in randomized block design and three replica-tions. The results showed that agronomic variables i.e. plant height, leaf angle, leaf area, number of leaf, spe-cific leaf weight, leaf area per strand, plant dry weight, shoot dry weight, root dry weight, shoot/root ratio, bast dry weight, leaf dry weight, flower dry weight, and sucker dry weight were genetic characters of temang-gung tobacco, which had effect on yield and quality with total effect of them were 92.8% and 76.7% res-pectively. Leaf area per strand, number of leaf, specific leaf weight, plant height, and leaf dry weight were agronomical characteristics which had significant effect on dry slice yield of 89.4%. Leaf area, shoot/ root ra-tio, plant dry weight, flower dry weight, and plant height were agronomical characteristics which had signi-ficant effect on quality of 75.7%.</p>

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