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Effect of cold storage treatments and transplanting stress on gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and survival under water limiting conditions of Pinus radiata stock-types

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The capacity of radiata pine seedlings to overcome planting shock in wet and dry conditions and their dependence on previous history was analysed by studying post-planting resumption of gas exchange and photochemical reactions, and survival 2 months later. Even under well-irrigated soil conditions, seedlings showed the effects of stress: gas exchange was reduced, but a clear difference between soil-plugged (PR) seedlings and bare-root (BR) seedlings was observed. Drought enhanced the severity of photosynthesis deprivation. Photochemical reactions, analysed by chlorophyll a fluorescence parameters, were not affected by planting shock in conditions of available soil water, but altered dramatically when drought stress was raised, suggesting structural damage of photosynthetic machinery. Despite the dramatic sensitivity of radiata pine to water availability, rewatering produced remarkable recovery, indicating good photosynthetic components repair capacity, which depended, however, on stock quality at the moment of planting. The ability of radiata pine to cope with drought in terms of post-planting performance depended on both storage conditions and water availability at the planting site. These findings provide information for tree physiologists and foresters as to how the management of radiata pine seedlings before planting can affect post-planting performance potential under wet or dry environmental conditions.

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This research was financially supported by grant GV118.319–1 UDT4/93, grant UPV 118.125-E-14073/2001, grant UPV 118.310–13.533/2001 and grant MCyT-BFI2002–0391. A. M.-P. was the recipient of a grant from the Basque Government Department of Agriculture and Fishing. We wish to thank Viveros Oihanberri, S.A. for kindly supplying pine seedlings and D. Johnson for revising the English text.

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  1. Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Apdo 644, 48080, Bilbao, Spain

    Amaia Mena-Petite & Alberto Muñoz-Rueda

  2. Departamento de Biología Vegetal y Ecología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco/EHU, Apdo 450, 01080, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    Maite Lacuesta

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Mena-Petite, A., Muñoz-Rueda, A. & Lacuesta, M. Effect of cold storage treatments and transplanting stress on gas exchange, chlorophyll fluorescence and survival under water limiting conditions of Pinus radiata stock-types. Eur J Forest Res 124, 73–82 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-005-0056-8

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