wheat stem reserves can be an important contributor to grain particularly under decrease in the source strength through defoliation. the aim of this research was to study ability remobilization as important contribution on yield stability under drought conditions and to investigate their intrinsic compensatory mechanism in the wheat cultivars with different degrees of resource limitations under...

Two pot experiments and one field experiment were conducted on sugarcane to assess the effects of treatments expected to change total carbon assimilation on the partitioning of assimilate. In the first experiment pots of cultivars CP and N14 were arranged to simulate normal field spacing. At 5 months, plants were partially defoliated or left intact. In the subsequent four months, defoliation re...

Climate change is expected to increase both pest insect damage and the occurrence of severe drought. There is therefore a need to better understand the combined effects of biotic and abiotic damage on tree growth in order to predict the multi-factorial effect of climate change on forest ecosystem productivity. Indeed, the effect of stress interactions on tree growth is an increasingly important...

the effect of different fertilizing systems and drought stress during grain development on grain minerals of barley (hordeum vulgare l.) was studied in field experiments on a clay-loamy soil during 2007 and 2008 growing seasons. the treatments consisted of three irrigation regimes (main plots) of: non-stressed (ns, normal irrigation continued until the end of plant physiological maturity), ...

Defoliation is a commonly used viticultural technique to balance the ratio between grapevine vegetation and fruit. Defoliation is conducted around the fruit zone to reduce the leaf photosynthetic area, and to increase sunlight exposure of grape bunches. Apical leaf removal is not commonly practiced, and therefore its influence on canopy structure and resultant wine aroma is not well-studied. Th...

Climate change is an environmental challenge that impacts the wine industry due to frequent sunburn damage triggered by heat waves, sun radiation and severe water deficits. This leads yield losses sensory changes in resulting wines, presumably caused climate-induced off-flavours. study aims develop viticultural oenological strategies mitigate highly sensitive variety Riesling its detrimental pr...

A study concerning the effects of elevation and exposure of the spruce forests on defoliation levels of oriental spruce (Picea orientalis (L.) Link.) by Ips typographus L. was carried out during 2005 and 2006 in Artvin-Hatila National Park, Turkey Nine spruce stands were selected at 3 zones of elevations (1000-1350 m, 1350-1700 m and 1700-2000 m) and at different aspects to assess the role of e...

the sunflower caterpillar chlosyne lacinia saundersii (lepidoptera: nymphalidae) is considered a major pest in sunflower, causing severe defoliation and, thus, threatening production of oilseed. chemical control remains the most widely used method for the management of this defoliator. to manage insect pests, there is a need to use substances of low toxicity that are able to stimulate the plant...

Understory shrubs are frequently attacked by insect herbivores. However, very little is known regarding possible interactions between light condition, defoliation (D) and fine root vitality (% live roots) and metabolic activity, and whether different plant strategies (compensation, trade-off and equilibrium) to defoliation depend on individual species light requirements. To explore the response...

J. Econ. Entomol.91 (1): 7-20 (1998) ABSTRACT The relationship between Irish potato tuber yield, So/anum tuberosum L., and defoliation by the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decem/ineata (Say), was investigated and the use of regression and mean separation analyses as a basis for developing economic injury levels were compared. The type of statistical analysis used to describe this relatio...