Bud and crown architecture of white spruce and black spruce |
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Authors: | Stephen J. Colombo Colin W. G. Templeton |
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Affiliation: | (1) Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 955 Oliver Road, Thunder Bay, Ont., P7B 5E1, Canada;(2) Forest Management Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 70 Foster Drive, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., P6A 6V5, Canada;(3) Ontario Forest Research Institute, 1235 Queen Street East, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., P6A 2E5, Canada |
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Abstract: | Needle primordia in buds and branch lengths were assessed in the crown of a plantation-grown white spruce tree. There was a gradation in needle primordia in buds in branches within the crown. The largest number of primordia was in the terminal bud of the leading main stem shoot, with the number in first-order whorl lateral shoot terminal buds decreasing from whorl 1 to whorl 4, below which buds contained a similar small number of primordia (about one-third as many as in the terminal shoot). Previous year's shoot elongation followed a similar pattern (i.e., elongation of whorl branches was greater closer to the top of the tree and elongation in the fourth through ninth whorls was about one-third that of the main stem leader). Higher order branches within whorls had within-branch gradation in shoot elongation and number of needle primordia, with older branches having as few as 16–30 primordia in buds and 3–4 cm elongation for high-order branches on older main stem whorls. There were strong correlations between the number of primordia in branch terminal buds and branch length/diameter and bud length/diameter/volume. In both black spruce and white spruce, there were strong correlations of number of needle primordia in main stem leader terminal buds with number of needle primordia in terminal buds of first and second whorl leaders. |
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Keywords: | Shoot growth Needle primordia Predetermined growth Free growth Crown architecture |
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