Articles containing the keyword 'quiescence'

The ability of one-year old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings to reharden during the dehardening period was studied. Naturally hardened quiescent seedlings were preconditioned at 0°C for ten days and then placed in chambers at different forcing temperatures with different light regimes. The forcing periods were followed by cool periods. Changes in frost hardiness were monitored at intervals using freeze tests of whole plants. Frost hardiness was assessed by three methods: impedance, survival and growth retardation. Dehardening seemed to be a partially reversible process, i.e. in some growing conditions slight rehardening was found.

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• Repo, E-mail: tr@mm.unknown

The premises of several models obtained from literature on bud dormancy release in trees from cool and temperate regions differs from each other with respect to responses to air temperature during the rest period of the buds. The predicted timing of bud burst in natural conditions varied among the models, as did the prediction of the models for the outcome of a chilling experiment.

Experimental results with two-year old seedlings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) did not agree with any of the models. The experimental results also deviated from abundand earlier findings, which also disagreed with any of the models. This finding suggests that Finnish provenances of Scots pine and Norway spruce differ from more southern provenances with respect to temperature regulation of bud dormancy release.

A synthesis model for the effects of air temperature on bud dormancy release in trees was developed on the basis of the previous models and the experimental results of both the present and previous studies. The synthesis model contains part of the original models as special cases. The parameters of the synthesis model represent several aspects of the bud dormancy release of trees that should be addressed separately with each species and provenance in experimental studies. Further aspects of dormancy release were discussed, in order to facilitate further development of the models.

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• Hänninen, E-mail: hh@mm.unknown

• Partanen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, Juntintie 154, FI-77600 Suonenjoki, Finland https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1782-4283 E-mail: ext.jouni.partanen@luke.fi
• Häkkinen, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, P.O. Box 2, FI-00791 Helsinki, Finland https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1687-1045 E-mail: risto.hakkinen@yahoo.com
• Viherä-Aarnio, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, P.O. Box 2, FI-00791 Helsinki, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1777-637X E-mail: annelivihe@outlook.com
• Stenvall, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Production Systems, P.O. Box 2, FI-00791 Helsinki, Finland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9447-8712 E-mail: niina.stenvall@luke.fi
• Hänninen, State Key Laboratory for Development and Utilization of Forest Food Resources, Zhejiang A&F University, 666 Wusu Street, Hangzhou 311300, PR China https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-2297 E-mail: hhannin@zafu.edu.cn