HorticulturaeThe size of leaves and fruits is a crucial agronomic and economic trait for fruit trees. The ‘Bartlett’ pear is a famous cultivar with succulent and delicious fruit and is cultivated globally.
Fudong Jiang +5 more
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Design of a strain-gage probe [PDF]
, 1969 Strain-gage spacer probe uses the deflection of a leaf spring to measure strain in a long, slender beam nondestructively.
Kolba, V. M., Vetter, D. L.
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Tree performances of eight rootstocks grafted with ‘Šumadinka’ sour cherry
Spanish Journal of Agricultural ResearchAim of study: This study was conducted to determine the suitability of seven clonal and one seedling rootstocks for grafting of sour cherry cv. ‘Šumadinka’ trough early tree growth, precocity, productivity and fruit quality. Aim of study: To evaluate
Tomo Milošević +3 more
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Foliar and wood traits covary along a vertical gradient within the crown of long-lived light-demanding species of the Congo Basin semi-deciduous forest [PDF]
, 2019 Plant functional traits have shown to be relevant predictors of forest functional responses to climate change. However, the trait-based approach to study plant performances and ecological strategies has mostly been focused on trait comparisons at the ...
Beeckman, Hans +8 more
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Recognizing Treelike k-Dissimilarities
, 2012 A k-dissimilarity D on a finite set X, |X| >= k, is a map from the set of size k subsets of X to the real numbers. Such maps naturally arise from edge-weighted trees T with leaf-set X: Given a subset Y of X of size k, D(Y) is defined to be the total ...
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Climate and Yield in a closed greenhouse [PDF]
, 2008 The so-called closed greenhouse (closed ventilation windows) is a recent innovation in Dutch greenhouse industry. The technical concept consists of a heat pump, underground (aquifer) seasonal energy storage as well as daytime storage, air treatment units
Bakker, M.J. +3 more
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Influence of testing procedure on evaluation of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) [PDF]
, 2009 peer-reviewedThis study examined data sets derived from the white clover cultivar evaluation programmes of AFBI (N. Ireland), and DAFF (Republic of Ireland) to determine whether elite performing genotypes are identifiable, independent of test procedure
Conaghan, Patrick +2 more
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Development of forest structure and leaf area in secondary forests regenerating on abandoned pastures in Central Amazonia [PDF]
, 2005 The area of secondary forest (SF) regenerating from pastures is increasing in the Amazon basin; however, the return of forest and canopy structure following abandonment is not well understood. This study examined the development of leaf area index (LAI),
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Convergence in leaf size versus twig leaf area scaling: do plants optimize leaf area partitioning? [PDF]
Annals of Botany, 2016 Background and Aims Corner’s rule states that thicker twigs bear larger leaves. The exact nature of this relationship and why it should occur has been the subject of numerous studies. It is obvious that thicker twigs should support greater total leaf area (Atwig) for hydraulical and mechanical reasons.
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Decline of Leaf Hydraulic Conductance with Dehydration: Relationship to Leaf Size and Venation Architecture [PDF]
Plant Physiology, 2011 Abstract Across plant species, leaves vary enormously in their size and their venation architecture, of which one major function is to replace water lost to transpiration. The leaf hydraulic conductance (K leaf) represents the capacity of the transport system to deliver water, allowing stomata to remain open for photosynthesis ...
Scoffoni, Christine +4 more
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