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Water and nutrient availabilities do not affect lignotuber growth and sprouting ability of three eucalypt species of south-eastern Queensland

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Walters, J. R., House, A. P.N. and Doley, D. (2005) Water and nutrient availabilities do not affect lignotuber growth and sprouting ability of three eucalypt species of south-eastern Queensland. Australian Journal of Botany, 53 (3). pp. 251-257. ISSN 0067-1924

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Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1071/BT04021

Abstract

Shoot biomass and lignotuber size of seedlings of three eucalypt species, Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer, E. siderophloia Benth. and Corymbia variegata [syn. E. maculata (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill and L.A.S.Johnson], were measured for glasshouse-grown seedlings established under two water and nutrient regimes. Seedlings were subjected to shoot removal (clipping) at ages from 9 to 19 weeks, and transferred to the high water treatment for a further 8 weeks to assess shoot emergence from lignotubers. Seedling shoot biomass was greater in both the high than the low nutrient and water treatments, but lignotuber diameter was not affected significantly. C. variegata seedlings had the largest lignotuber diameters, followed by E. siderophloia and E. acmenoides, respectively. Although growth of shoots was influenced by nutrient availability, results suggest that species differences in the growth of lignotubers was less affected. It is suggested that lignotuber growth was strongly influenced by genotype. More than 70% of C. variegata seedlings clipped at 9 weeks sprouted, compared with only 5 and 10% of seedlings of E. siderophloia and E. acmenoides, respectively. All C. variegata seedlings sprouted after being clipped at 19 weeks, but <80% of E. siderophloia and <60% of E. acmenoides sprouted when clipped at the same age. It was concluded that seedlings forming part of the regeneration stratum in dry sclerophyll forests need to be protected from damage for at least 4 months (for C. variegata) or at least 6 months (for E. siderophloia and E. acmenoides) if they are to survive by sprouting from lignotubers.

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Subjects:Science > Botany > Plant physiology
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