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- Author or Editor: D. McE. Alexander x
Abstract
The effect of shoot angle on dry matter production and distribution was determined for seedlings of peach over 7 or 11 weeks’ growth and of sweet orange over 12 weeks’ growth. The effect of tilting the pots was also determined for sweet orange. For peach, total weight and leaf weight was greatest and the proportion of root was least for plants with vertical shoots. In the case of citrus, mean plant weights did not differ significantly but the proportion of leaves increased and the proportion of roots again decreased for plants with vertical shoots. Shoot inclination affected the proportion of the growth increment used to develop the root system in both peach and orange. Tilting the pots had no effect on distribution of dry matter in sweet orange.