Abstract
Abstract Benjamin fig (Ficus benjamina) is an important foliage and landscape crop species comprising green and variegated genotypes. The latter develop leaves with yellow and white leaf areas which may impose lower photosynthetic activity, thus resulting in slower growth than green genotypes. In many species, the exogenous supply of cytokinin to pot-grown plants promotes growth, mainly due to enhanced carbon fixation. In this work, we analyze the effect of spraying the cytokinin 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) on growth and development of green and variegated Ficus benjamina genotypes. Two experiments were carried out in a greenhouse, in which either different number of BAP applications (Experiment 1) or different BAP concentrations (Experiment 2) were tested. In Experiment 2, plants were grown under three different light intensities. BAP sprays promoted rate of leaf appearance, leaf expansion and whole-plant growth, and the effect was stronger in variegated than in green plants. The relative growth rate promotion by BAP was associated with increased net assimilation rate rather than with variation in the leaf area ratio. On the other hand, shading had a more negative impact on growth and development of variegated plants than in green ones. Variegated plants, unlike green ones, developed leaves with high specific leaf area under the lowest light intensity. This led to high leaf area ratio values, which helped to maintain relative growth rates close to those of plants under moderate shading.
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Claim · model-written summary
BAP sprays increased leaf appearance, leaf expansion and whole-plant growth, more strongly in variegated than green Ficus.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjamina
Ficus benjaminat0 - Material
- variegatede0
- Treatment
- BAP sprayse0
- Outcome
- rate of leaf appearance, leaf expansion and whole-plant growthe0
- Direction
- promotede0
- Comparator
- green plantse0
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Verbatim
e0“BAP sprays promoted rate of leaf appearance, leaf expansion and whole-plant growth, and the effect was stronger in variegated than in green plants.”
t0“Ficus benjamina”
Claim · model-written summary
BAP-related growth promotion was associated with increased net assimilation rate.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BAPe0
- Outcome
- relative growth rate promotione0
- Direction
- promotione0
- Qualifier
- increased net assimilation ratee0
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Verbatim
e0“The relative growth rate promotion by BAP was associated with increased net assimilation rate rather than with variation in the leaf area ratio.”
t0“Ficus benjamina”
Claim · model-written summary
BAP-related growth promotion was not associated with variation in leaf area ratio.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminat0
- Treatment
- BAPe0
- Outcome
- leaf area ratioe0
- Qualifier
- rather than with variatione0
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e0“The relative growth rate promotion by BAP was associated with increased net assimilation rate rather than with variation in the leaf area ratio.”
t0“Ficus benjamina”
Claim · model-written summary
Shade harmed growth and development more in variegated than green Ficus.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminat0
- Material
- variegated plantse0
- Treatment
- shadinge0
- Outcome
- growth and developmente0
- Direction
- more negativee0
- Comparator
- green onese0
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Verbatim
e0“shading had a more negative impact on growth and development of variegated plants than in green ones.”
t0“Ficus benjamina”
Claim · model-written summary
Under the lowest light intensity, variegated plants developed leaves with high specific leaf area, unlike green plants.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminat0
- Material
- Variegated plantse0
- Treatment
- lowest light intensitye0
- Outcome
- specific leaf areae0
- Direction
- highe0
- Comparator
- green onese0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Variegated plants, unlike green ones, developed leaves with high specific leaf area under the lowest light intensity.”
t0“Ficus benjamina”
Claim · model-written summary
High leaf area ratio helped variegated plants retain relative growth rates near those under moderate shade.
- Taxon
- Ficus benjaminaFicus benjaminat0
- Outcome
- relative growth ratese0
- Direction
- close toe0
- Qualifier
- high leaf area ratio valuese0
- Comparator
- plants under moderate shadinge0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“This led to high leaf area ratio values, which helped to maintain relative growth rates close to those of plants under moderate shading.”
t0“Ficus benjamina”
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