FLORAL ANALYSIS: FRESH AND DRY WEIGHT OF FLOWERS FROM DIFFERENT FRUIT TREE SPECIES

Floral analysis could be considered as an alternative versus foliar analysis to diagnose the nutritional status of fruit trees.
Taken into account the importance of the dry matter percentage of any plant tissue, preliminary results about fresh and dry weights of flowers from different fruit species are presented in this study.
For this purpose, whole flowers (without stalk) at full bloom were sampled from different fruit species grown at the Aula Dei Campus.
The fruit tree groups considered for these studies were: almond, apple, apricot, nectarine, peach, pear, plum, sour cherry and sweet cherry.
For the last group, three varieties: (Sunburst, Tardif de Vignole and Van) were studied.
Significant differences, among groups, for fresh weights, dry weights and dry matter percentages were found

III International Symposium on Mineral Nutrition of Deciduous Fruit Trees

L. Montañés Millán, J. Val, J. Betrán, E. Monge, M.A. Moreno, L. Montañés

Dry matter, floral analysis, fruit trees, flowers

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.448.35