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JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 875-883Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00344-013-9353-5
Keywords
Paclobutrazol; Jatropha curcas; Growth; Seed oil composition
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- Special Aid Funds for Guizhou Province High Level Talents Scientific Research Conditions [TZJF-2009-23]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31060103]
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Jatropha curcas was treated by soil drench paclobutrazol (PBZ) (0, 2, and 3 g m(-1) of canopy diameter) and foliar spray PBZ (0, 500, 800, and 1,200 ppm). The results showed that PBZ treatments greatly retarded vegetative growth and improved reproductive growth. The lengths of new branches were greatly decreased, whereas the number of fruits per inflorescence, fruit-bearing branches per tree, and total fruit load per tree were increased. Only the 2-g soil drench and the 1,200-ppm foliar PBZ spray significantly increased fruit load. The 2-g soil drench PBZ treatment resulted in a decrease in seed S and Cu contents of J. curcas, whereas Mn and B were greatly or moderately increased. A higher dose (3-g soil drench PBZ) reversed the improvement in reproductive growth and alleviated the negative effects on element contents in seeds compared with the 2-g soil drench PBZ. Finally, soil drench PBZ treatments significantly improved seed oil content and oil quality by reducing the oil acid value, increasing stearic acid and oleic acid contents, and reducing palmitic acid and linoleic acid content. The optimum drench dose was below 2 g m(-1) of canopy diameter. The optimum foliar spray concentration of PBZ was not determined in this study but our results suggest that it is higher than 1,200 ppm.
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