Claim · model-written summary
Authors infer that processes beyond osmoregulation contribute to increased xylem sugars.
- Taxon
- Meiwa Kumquat
Citrus japonicae0t0
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Verbatim
e0“These results suggest that the increased sugar levels in the xylem tissue resulted from not only osmoregulation but also other factors as well”
t0“Meiwa Kumquat Trees”
Title
Naoto Iwasaki; Asaki Tamura; Kyoka Hori Horticulturae 2020. doi:10.3390/horticulturae6030049
Other claims from this paper (9)
- Intervention effect Soil water deficit increased first-flush flowers from 58.0 to 177.0.
- Intervention effect Second- and third-flush flowers occurred only in controls.
- Intervention effect Soil water deficit increased soluble sugar content across above-ground organs.
- Observation Sugar content tended to be higher in current-year than previous-year organs.
- Association Above approximately 100 mg g−1 dry weight of spring-stem sugar, leaf water potential decreased sharply.
- Association Above that spring-stem sugar threshold, first-flush flower accumulation tended to slow.
- Intervention effect Soil water deficit tripled scaffold-branch xylem total sugar content.
- Intervention effect Sucrose, glucose and fructose also increased in scaffold-branch xylem under soil water deficit.
- Mechanism Authors suggest xylem sugars may affect whole-tree water relations and flower-bud development.