Volume 46 Number 1 Article 12
Year 1992 Month 1
Title: Tree Canopy Volume and Leaf Mineral Nutrient Concentrations of 'Redblush' Grapefruit on Twelve Rootstocks
Author: E. Fallahi
Abstract:
Tree growth, leaf fresh weight, dry matter
and mineral nutrient concentrations and their
relationships with yield in 'Redblush' grapefruit
(Citrus paradisi Macf.) on twelve rootstocks
under the desert conditions of southwest Arizona
were studied over several years.
Trees on Volkamer
lemon (C. limon Burm. f.), Oklawaha
sour orange (C. aurantium L.), rough lemon (C.
jambhiri Lush) and Carrizo citrange [C. sinensis
(L.) Osbeck x Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.] had
large canopy volumes and highe yields while
those on Savage citrange [C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck
x P. trifoliata (L.) Raf.], Ichang pummelo (C.
ichangensis hyb.), Cleopatra mandarin (C. reticulata
Blanco.), Swingle citrumelo (C. paradisi x
P. trifoliata) and macrophylla (Alemow) (C.
macrophylla Wester) were in low yield and
small canopy group. 'Redblush' grapefruit trees
on Palestine sweet lime (C. limettiodes Tan.)
were in the high yielding group in spite of their
small canopy volume.
Trees on Savage citrange
had the highest leaf percent dry matter, while
those on Volkamer lemon had the lowest.
Leaves
of trees on macrophylla had the highest levels
of N, Cu, Mn and Fe, but the lowest levels of Ca
and Mg.
Trees on all citranges and Swingle
citrumelo had low leaf N, and those on citranges
also had low leaf Zn and Mn. 'Redblush' grape
fruit trees on Volkamer lemon and Ichang pum
melo had the highest leaf Zn.
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