ISHS Acta Horticulturae 175: Symposium on Physiology of Productivity of Subtropical and Tropical Tree Fruits
MINERAL ASPECTS OF FLORAL DEVELOPMENT IN CITRUS 2. CHANGES IN SOME OVARIAN MICRO-ELEMENTS |
| Authors: | K.M. Abdalla, M.A. Meliugi, A.H. Hussein, T.A. Ahmed |
| Abstract:
The ovarian contents of iron, manganese, copper and zinc were traced through the transition of fruit initials in some citrus species and cultivars worked on sour orange. Entrance of the floral fully-opened stage was thoroughly accompanied by influential decline in values of the investigated ovarian micro-elements; the opposite status occurred by the onset of either the corolla-splitting or the fallen-style stage. Such pattern could be generalized with the studied citrus species. The developing gynoecia of "Baladi" orange were of higher values for both iron and zinc than those of "Washington navel" orange. A reciprocal varietal situation was of significant occurrence with manganese. Mandarin ovaries were actually of lower values for the investigated micro-elements than those of the other species. | |
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