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Influence of nitrogen availability on shoot development in young peach trees [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]

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It is commonly stated that nitrogen (N) influences biomass accumulation in plants. For trees, however , a precise characterisation of shoot response to N and its impact on architecture is lacking. We attempted to study on the phytomer scale the effects of N limitation on shoot growth components, i.e. leaf emergence rate, final internode length and branching on the main and secondary axes of 1-year-old peach trees [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]. Trees were grown on recycled nutrient solutions in which N concentration was restored once a week. We used two hydroponic setups in which weekly N availability, i.e. amount of N per tree, differed being either low (N1) or high (N2). Net N availability was defined weekly as the relative amount of N remaining in each setup before solution replenishment. It declined with time and three periods of contrasting net N availability were identified. During these periods, leaf emergence rate and final internode length were similar on the main axis of N1 and N2 trees, so too was the distribution of secondary axes along the main axis. Secondary axes responded to N limitation by decreasing their growth components according to their position along the main axis. Differences were most important for basal secondary axes. Leaf emergence rate and final internode length responded similarly to N availability depending on axis order and position in the tree. It was concluded that N availability, particularly during the period of maximum growth of axes, influenced the shoot growth components and thus tree architecture.

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hal-01644508 , version 1 (22-11-2017)

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Safia Mediene, Loic Pagès, Marie-Odile Jordan, Jacques Le Bot, Stephane Adamowicz. Influence of nitrogen availability on shoot development in young peach trees [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch]. Trees - Structure and Function, 2002, 16 (8), pp.547 - 554. ⟨10.1007/s00468-002-0204-4⟩. ⟨hal-01644508⟩
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