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2. Leaf area estimation in muskmelon by allometry

Creator:
Misle, E., Kahlaoui, B., Hachicha, M., and Alvarado, P.
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bez média and svazek
Type:
model:article and TEXT
Subject:
fotosyntéza, photosynthesis, allometric model, Cucumis melo L., growth analysis, nondestructive methods, 2, and 581
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Multiple languages
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This study developed a method for estimating the leaf area (LA) of muskmelon by using allometry. The best linear measure was evaluated first, testing both a leaf length and width (W). Leaf samples were collected from plants grown in containers of different sizes, leaves of four cultivars, at different develpoment stages, and of different leaf sizes. Two constants of a power equation were determined for relating allometrically a linear leaf measure and LA, in a greenhouse crop. W proved to be a better fit than the leaf length. The maximum attainable W and LA were estimated at Wx = 15.4 cm and LAx = 174.1 cm2. The indicators of fit quality showed that the function was properly related to LA and W as: LA/LAx = Ao × (W/WLx)b; the allometric exponent was b = 1.89, where R 2 = 0.9809 (n = 484), the absolute sum of squares, 0.4584, and the standard deviation of residues, 0.03084, based on relative values calculations (LA/LA x and W/WLx). The relationship was not affected by the cultivar, crop age, leaf size or stress treatment in the seedling stage. The empirical value of allometric constant (A0) was estimated as 0.963. and E. Misle ... [et al.].
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3. Response of two tomato cultivars to field-applied proline under irrigation with saline water: growth, chlorophyll fluorescence and nutritional aspects

Creator:
Kahlaoui, B., Hachicha, M., Rejeb, S., Rejeb, M. N., Hanchi, B., and Misle, E.
Format:
print, bez média, and svazek
Type:
model:article and TEXT
Subject:
fotosyntéza, rajčata, photosynthesis, tomatoes, Tunisko, Rio Grande (Mexický záliv : řeka : oblast), Tunisia, Rio Grande River Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.), chlorophyll fluorescence, foliar pulverization, proline, salt tolerance, salinity, Solanum lycopersicum, 2, and 581
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Multiple languages
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The response of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) to abiotic stress has been widely investigated. Recent physiological studies focus on the use of osmoprotectants to ameliorate stress damage, but experiments at a field level are scarce. Two tomato cultivars were used for an experiment with saline water (6.57 dS m-1) and subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) in a silty clay soil. Rio Grande is a salinity-tolerant cultivar, while Heinz-2274 is the salt-sensitive cultivar. Exogenous application of proline was done by foliar spray at two concentrations (10 and 20 mg L-1) during the flowering stage. Control plants were treated with saline water without proline. Proline at the lower concentration (10 mg L-1) increased dry mass of different plant organs (leaves, stems, and roots) and it improved various chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters compared with controls. Regarding mineral nutrition, K+ and P were higher in different organs, while low accumulation of Na+ occurred. However, Mg2+ was very high in all tissues of Rio Grande at the higher concentration of proline applied. Thus, the foliar spray of proline at 10 mg L-1 increased the tolerance of both cultivars. The growth of aboveground biomass of Heinz-2274 was enhanced by 63.5%, while Rio Grande improved only by 38.9%., B. Kahlaoui, M. Hachicha, S. Rejeb, M. N. Rejeb, B. Hanchi, E. Misle., and Obsahuje bibliografii
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