Puglielli, Giacomo Laanisto, Lauri Poorter, Hendrik Niinemets, Ülo
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The New phytologist
The optimal partitioning theory predicts that plants of a given species acclimate to different environments by allocating a larger proportion of biomass to the organs acquiring the most limiting resource. Are similar patterns found across species adapted to environments with contrasting levels of abiotic stress? We tested the optimal partitioning t...
Blomme, Guy Ntamwira, Jules Kearsley, Elizabeth Bahati, Liliane Amini, Daniel Safari, Nancy Ocimati, Walter
Intercropping in small-holder production systems in East and Central Africa is very common and offers potential for significant yield and environmental benefits. However, the reduced light availability under banana canopies constrains the success of the intercrop in banana systems. Determining a balance between the optimal spacing/densities of bana...
Puglielli, Giacomo Hutchings, Michael J Laanisto, Lauri
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The New phytologist
Tolerance of abiotic stress in woody plants is known to be constrained by biological trade-offs between different forms of stress, especially shade and drought. However, there is still considerable uncertainty about the relationship between tolerances, and the limits on tolerance combinations. Using the most extensive database available on shade, d...
Kang, Hui-Xing Zhu, Xin-Guang Yamori, Wataru Tang, Yan-Hong
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Frontiers in Plant Science
Leaf temperature changes with incident light intensity, but it is unclear how the concurrent changes influence leaf photosynthesis. We examined the time courses of CO2 gas exchanges and chlorophyll fluorescence of seedling leaves in four tropical tree species in response to lightflecks under three different temperature conditions. The three conditi...
Ivanov, L. A. Ronzhina, D. A. Yudina, P. K. Zolotareva, N. V. Kalashnikova, I. V. Ivanova, L. A.
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Russian Journal of Plant Physiology
AbstractThe content of chlorophylls (Сhl) a and b and carotenoids (Сar) during the growing season was studied in the leaves of 31 species of steppe and forest plants. In contrast to forest plants, steppe plants possessed less chlorophylls and carotenoids per leaf mass (2 and 1.5 times, respectively), a low Сhl/Сar ratio, a greater (1.5 times) conte...
Ntawuhiganayo, Elisée Bahati Uwizeye, Félicien K Zibera, Etienne Dusenge, Mirindi E Ziegler, Camille Ntirugulirwa, Bonaventure Nsabimana, Donat Wallin, Göran Uddling, Johan
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Tree Physiology
Tropical canopies are complex, with multiple canopy layers and pronounced gap dynamics contributing to their high species diversity and productivity. An important reason for this complexity is the large variation in shade tolerance among different tree species. At present, we lack a clear understanding of which plant traits control this variation, ...
qiu-yuan, xu wang, dan quan, guo-ming zhang, jia-en rong-hua, li liu, hui
The exotic Chromolaena odorata is one of the most destructive invasive plant species in South China, and hence an efficient and sustainable control method is urgent. One method, replacement control, which eliminates harmful plants by introducing another competitive plant, is being used increasingly for controlling invasive plants. To test the poten...
pretzsch, hans
Many recent studies have shown that the structure, density, and productivity of mixed-species stands can differ from the weighted mean of monospecific stands of the respective species. The tree and stand properties emerging by inter-specific neighborhood should be considered in models for understanding and practical management. A promising approach...
Poorter, Hendrik Niinemets, Ülo Ntagkas, Nikolaos Siebenkäs, Alrun Mäenpää, Maarit Matsubara, Shizue Pons, ThijsL
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The New phytologist
By means of meta-analyses we determined how 70 traits related to plant anatomy, morphology, chemistry, physiology, growth and reproduction are affected by daily light integral (DLI; mol photons m-2 d-1 ). A large database including 500 experiments with 760 plant species enabled us to determine generalized dose-response curves. Many traits increase ...
Amaral, João André do Pagliarini, Maximiliano Kawahata Haga, Kuniko Iwamoto Castilho, Regina Maria Monteiro de
Abstract Turfgrass is a fundamental part in sports fields' composition. Some aspects should be taken into account in the choosing species process, such as turfgrass use (trampling tolerance), turfgrass management, physical-chemical soil conditions and shade tolerance. With accomplishment of sporting events in Brazil, there was requirement for footb...
