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Tree Physiology Advance Access originally published online on August 6, 2009
Tree Physiology 2009 29(9):1095-1103; doi:10.1093/treephys/tpp053
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Toward the definition of a carbon budget model: seasonal variation and temperature effect on respiration rate of vegetative and reproductive organs of pistachio trees (Pistacia vera)

Francesco P. Marra1,2, Ettore Barone1, Michele La Mantia1 and Tiziano Caruso1

1 Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, Università di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 11, 90128 Palermo, Italy
2 Corresponding author (fpmarra{at}unipa.it)


  Abstract

This study, as a preliminary step toward the definition of a carbon budget model for pistachio trees (Pistacia vera L.), aimed at estimating and evaluating the dynamics of respiration of vegetative and reproductive organs of pistachio tree. Trials were performed in 2005 in a commercial orchard located in Sicily (370 m a.s.l.) on five bearing 20-year-old pistachio trees of cv. Bianca grafted onto Pistachio terebinthus L. Growth analyses and respiration measurements were done on vegetative (leaf) and reproductive (infructescence) organs during the entire growing season (April–September) at biweekly intervals. Results suggested that the respiration rates of pistachio reproductive and vegetative organs were related to their developmental stage. Both for leaf and for infructescence, the highest values were observed during the earlier stages of growth corresponding to the phases of most intense organ growth. The sensitivity of respiration activity to temperature changes, measured by Q10, showed an increase throughout the transition from immature to mature leaves, as well as during fruit development. The data collected were also used to estimate the seasonal carbon loss by respiration activity for a single leaf and a single infructescence. The amount of carbon lost by respiration was affected by short-term temperature patterns, organ developmental stage and tissue function.

Keywords: carbon loss, diurnal dark respiration, fruit respiration, leaf respiration, Q10

Received March 18, 2009; Accepted July 1, 2009


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