Annual radial growth cycle of grapevine trunk in the tropics
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https://doi.org/10.5073/vitis.1979.18.6-9Abstract
The annual radial trunk growth cycle in V. vinifera var. Anab-e-Shahi was studied in the tropics where the vines are pruned twice a year. Although vines grow continuously without any period of dormancy, a consistant pattern of maximum girth increment from April to September altemating with negligible increment from October to March was observed. The rate of annual girth increment was high during juvenile period and steadily decreased later. There is further need to study the physiology of growth and fruiting of tropical grapevines under conditions of nondormancy as modified by two prunings in a year.
Der jährliche Wachstumszyklus der Stammdicke von Reben in den Tropen
Die Rebensorte Anab-e-Shahi (Vitis vinifera) wird in den Tropen jährlich zweimal geschnitten. Der jährliche Wachstumszyklus der Stammdicke unter diesen Bedingungen wurde untersucht. Obgleich die Reben kontinuierlich - ohne jede Ruheperiode - wachsen, wurde durchweg von April bis September ein maximaler Zuwachs des Stammumfanges und von Oktober bis März nur ein unbedeutendes Dickenwachstum festgestellt. Die jährliche Zuwachsrate des Stammumfanges war beim jungen Weinstock hoch; später nahm sie ständig ab. Weitere Untersuchungen zur Physiologie des Wachstums und der Fruchtentwicklung von Reben unter tropischen Bedingungen, d. h. ohne Zwischenschaltung einer Ruheperiode und modifiziert durch zweimaligen Rebschnitt, sind erforderlich.
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