Role of carbohydrate reserves in yield production of intensively cultivated oil olive (Olea europaea L.) trees

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 519-530

  Bustan, Amnon ^a   Avni, Avishai ^b   Lavee, Shimon ^b   Zipori, Isaac ^a   Yeselson, Yelena ^a   Schaffer, Arthur A ^a   Riov, Joseph ^b   Dag, Arnon ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

fruit thinning; mannitol; masting; non structural carbohydrate; Olea europaea L.; starch; sucrose; survival strategy

Indexed keywords

MANNITOL; STARCH; SUCROSE;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BARK; BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOHYDRATE; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EVERGREEN TREE; FRUIT PRODUCTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTOMASS; ROOT; SEMIARID REGION; STARCH; SURVIVAL; VEGETABLE OIL; WOOD; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISRAEL; METABOLISM; OLIVE TREE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ISRAEL; MANNITOL; OLEA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; STARCH; SUCROSE;

BARNEA; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE;

EID: 79958195218     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr036     Document Type: Article

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