Year: 1980
Type: article
Abstract: This work was designed to study the decrease in parent scale dry weight and the increase in newly formed plantlet dry weight during scale propagation (incubation).After a six-month incubation, the dry weight to fresh weight ratios both for parent scales and for scale bulblets were higher than that for roots or for stems and leaves.The increase in fresh weight of scale bulblets was accompanied by the increase in dry weight percentage.The growth of the newly formed plantlets resulted in a decrease in the parent scale dry weight percentage. Bolting from the scale bulblet also lowered the parent scale dry weight percentage. The parent scale dry weight percentage decreased more rapidly at 25°C than at 30°C during incubation.The dry matter percentage for the apical part of the parent scale decreased more rapidly than that for the basal part; this tendency was more noticeable at 25°C than at 30°C.The dry matter partitioning ratio between the parent scale and the newly formed plantlet organs at various times during incubation was also summarized.
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.49.409
Authors: Eisuke MATSUO, Ken-ichi ARISUMI
Institution: Kagoshima University
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4254861143