Episodic whole plant growth patterns in Ligustrum

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1993

Abstract

Episodic growth of Ligustrum japonicum Thunb. plants was determined by measuring total shoot and root fresh weight nondestructively. Episodic growth patterns were apparent in shoot elongation, shoot and root fresh weight as a percent of total fresh weight, shoot and root relative growth rates (RGRs and RGRr) and two‐dimensional measurements of the root system. Increases in root growth and initiation of lateral root branching were coincident with changes in percent of total fresh weight in the root and RGRr. The rate of fresh weight gain of roots, shoots and the whole plant increased continuously throughout two experiments and thus episodic growth patterns were not apparent from these values. Alternating episodes of shoot and root growth, which is shown by percent fresh weight allocation and RGR, did not directly correspond to shoot elongation and cessation of elongation. Continuous, nondestructive measurement of total shoot and root growth reveals important changes in growth which may be obscured by other measurement techniques. Copyright © 1993, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physiologia Plantarum

First Page

33

Last Page

39

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