Claim · model-written summary
Early shoot die-back in Julbernardia globiflora seedlings was most probably caused by drought and/or nutritional stress rather than fire.
- Taxon
- Julbernardia globiflora
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Julbernardia globiflorae0 - Outcome
- Early shoot die‐backe1
- Qualifier
- drought and / or nutritional stresse1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“miombo tree (Julbernardia globiflora)”
e1“Early shoot die‐back in seedlings of Julbernardia globiflora as documented in this study was not causedby fire but most probably by drought and / or nutritional stress”
Title
Seedling development of the miombo woodland tree Julbernardia globiflora
E. N. Chidumayo Journal of Vegetation Science 1991. doi:10.2307/3235894
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation Germination rates of Julbernardia globiflora under laboratory and field conditions did not differ significantly.
- Observation Julbernardia globiflora seeds germinated 10-25 days after seed planting.
- Observation Seed germinability of Julbernardia globiflora declined to 38 % after one year of storage.
- Observation Annual seedling mortality of Julbernardia globiflora was about 60 % during the first year.
- Observation Annual seedling mortality of Julbernardia globiflora declined to 36 % during the second year.
- Observation Survivorship of Julbernardia globiflora seedlings appeared to stabilise at 38 %.
- Observation Every Julbernardia globiflora seedling experienced shoot die-back during the first hot dry season.
- Observation Shoot mortality did not necessarily result in plant mortality in Julbernardia globiflora seedlings.
- Observation Shoot biomass and height of Julbernardia globiflora seedlings showed little increase at the end of the second and third growing seasons.
- Observation Seedlings of Julbernardia globiflora that survived shoot die-back sprouted from roots with a steady annual accumulation of biomass.