Abstract
An experiment was conducted to investigate the water relations of potted young olive trees (Olea europaea L.) cultivar ‘Biancolilla’, ‘Giarraffa’ and ‘Nocellara del Belice’ during water stress and after relief from stress. The aim was to highlight the different responses of the three cultivars and obtain a decision-making aid for planning an efficient watering schedule for potted plants grown in nurseries. Leaf water potential ( ), relative water content (RWC) and conductance to water vapour (gL) were measured in three-year-old plants. All three olive cultivars were able to survive the severe stress imposed by withholding water for three weeks, but gas exchange was strongly impaired and recovery after rewatering was slow, resulting in a potential reduction of growth. The cultivars showed different responses to drought: ‘Giarraffa’ was the most sensitive, showing the earliest reduction in and the lowest recovery in gL. ‘Biancolilla’ showed higher gL, leaf hydration and under water deficit and appeared to be best adapted to drought. The behaviour of ‘Nocellara del Belice’ was similar to that of ‘Biancolilla’, and a particularly good recovery of gL after rewatering occurred. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
All three olive cultivars survived three weeks without water.
- Taxon
- olive
Olea europaeae0 - Treatment
- withholding water for three weekse0
- Outcome
- survivee0
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e0“All three olive cultivars were able to survive the severe stress imposed by withholding water for three weeks”
Claim · model-written summary
Gas exchange was strongly impaired during severe water stress.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeae0
- Treatment
- withholding water for three weekse0
- Outcome
- gas exchangee0
- Direction
- impairede0
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e0“All three olive cultivars were able to survive the severe stress imposed by withholding water for three weeks, but gas exchange was strongly impaired”
Claim · model-written summary
Recovery after rewatering was slow.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeae0
- Outcome
- recovery after rewateringe0
- Direction
- slowe0
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Verbatim
e0“olive cultivars were able to survive the severe stress imposed by withholding water for three weeks, but gas exchange was strongly impaired and recovery after rewatering was slow”
Claim · model-written summary
Giarraffa was the most drought-sensitive cultivar, with the earliest reduction in the unnamed water relation metric and lowest gL recovery.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Giarraffa’e0
- Outcome
- lowest recovery in gLe0
- Direction
- loweste0
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Verbatim
e0“‘Giarraffa’ was the most sensitive, showing the earliest reduction in and the lowest recovery in gL”
t0“olive cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Biancolilla had higher gL, leaf hydration and an unnamed metric under water deficit.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Biancolilla’e0
- Outcome
- gL, leaf hydratione0
- Direction
- highere0
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Verbatim
e0“‘Biancolilla’ showed higher gL, leaf hydration and under water deficit”
t0“olive cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Biancolilla appeared best adapted to drought.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Biancolilla’e0
- Outcome
- best adapted to droughte0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“‘Biancolilla’ showed higher gL, leaf hydration and under water deficit and appeared to be best adapted to drought”
t0“olive cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Nocellara del Belice responded similarly to Biancolilla.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Nocellara del Belice’e0
- Outcome
- behavioure0
- Direction
- similare0
- Comparator
- ‘Biancolilla’e0
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Verbatim
e0“The behaviour of ‘Nocellara del Belice’ was similar to that of ‘Biancolilla’”
t0“olive cultivars”
Claim · model-written summary
Nocellara del Belice had particularly good gL recovery after rewatering.
- Taxon
- oliveOlea europaeat0
- Material
- ‘Nocellara del Belice’e0
- Outcome
- recovery of gL after rewateringe0
- Direction
- goode0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“‘Nocellara del Belice’ was similar to that of ‘Biancolilla’, and a particularly good recovery of gL after rewatering occurred”
t0“olive cultivars”
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