Abstract. Potassium (K) availability constrains forest productivity. Brazilian eucalypt plantations are a good example of the K limitation wood production. Here, we built upon previously described model (CASTANEA-MAESPA-K) and used it to understand whether simulated decline in C source under deficiency was sufficient explain productivity plantations. We developed allocation schemes for both inc...

Ink disease caused by the root-rot pathogen P. cinnamomi (Pc) threatens European sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) orchards, and growers increasingly graft susceptible C. traditional varieties on Pc-resistant hybrid commercial rootstocks. The influence of scion, rootstock, grafting per se vegetative budburst, growth, susceptibility to Pc defence-related hormone profile Castanea spp. are un...