Effect of exogenous gibberellins on flowering in Pinus sylvestris grafts |
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Authors: | OLAVI LUUKKANEN STIG JOHANSSON |
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Affiliation: | Department of Silviculture, University of Helsinki, Unioninkatu 40 B, SF–00170 Helsinki 17, Finland |
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Abstract: | Ethanolic sprays of gibberellins were applied to developing shoots of about 12-year-old Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) grafts during the shoot elongation period in two consecutive years. Both male and female flowering was increased by these treatments in both years. The effect was particularly distinct in male flowering. However, different clones showed varying responses to the treatment. This variation was associated with both the genotype and the environmentally determined year-to-year fluctuation in flowering. Differences among clones were analysed further by introducing a model earlier developed for comparisons of the growth rhythm in various woody and herbaceous species. |
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Keywords: | Gibberellins flowering Pinus sylvestris shoot growth |
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