Máximo Salinas, Guido Hakim, Esteban Gandolfo, J. Lojo, E. Giardina, A. Benedetto
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Abstract
Abstract In ornamental plants, the need to optimize nursery management has led to a tendency to decrease plug cell tray volume. However, in ornamental plants such as Impatiens walleriana, a lower plug cell volume can negatively affect leaf area expansion and biomass accumulation during the pre-transplant cycle. Because these results have been associated with a decrease in root growth, a floating system where roots come out of the plug cell has been proposed. The aim of this work was to describe pre-transplant biomass accumulation in plants from different plug cell volumes and the response to two propagation systems: media-based plug cell trays and floating system. The relationship found between plug cell volume and growth in both the media-based and floating systems is in agreement with that found in previous reports. With respect to the traditional media-based system, the floating system showed higher leaf area expansion, as a result of higher leaf appearance rate and relative leaf area expansion. Higher fresh and dry weight accumulation were estimated through the relative growth rate (RGR), with a strong relationship with the capacity of photo assimilate production (net assimilation rate) and RGR. However, all these changes cannot be exclusively associated with a higher root growth in the floating system. Our experiments validate the positive results in favor of the use of a floating system and also shows the physiological mechanisms involved.
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The Journal ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE - OH (Revista Brasileira de Horticultura Ornamental) is an official publication of the Brazilian Society for Floriculture and Ornamental Plants (Sociedade Brasileira de Floricultura e Plantas Ornamentais) - SBFPO Short title of the journal: ORNAM. HORTIC. This Journal aim to publish technical and scientific researches in floriculture, ornamental plants, landscaping and landscapes from members of this Society and others. The manuscripts can be submitted in portuguese, but publication must be in English language (U.S.). All the manuscripts submitted to Ornamental Horticulture (Revista Brasileira de Horticultura Ornamental) - OH must not have been submitted or published at the same time, partial or totally, to other journal. It is allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to parts or the full texts to use them for any other lawful purpose. The reproduction of articles published in this journal is authorized, under the condition that the source is acknowledged.