2019
DOI: 10.1007/s11676-019-00901-4
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Morphological characteristics of tree crowns of Cunninghamia lanceolata var. Luotian

Abstract: The structural characteristics of the tree crowns of Cunninghamia lanceolata var. Luotian (herein, Luotian), a natural variety of C. lanceolata (Chinese-fir, herein Lanceolata) in China, were analyzed using trunk and branch measurements and biomass determinations. Samples from two typical cultivated varietal populations were collected, including twenty-six 15-23-year-old trees of Luotian from a plantation, and nine 16-23-year-old trees of Lanceolata. Our results show that Luotian and Lanceolata samples differe… Show more

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“…Previous studies have suggested that ABA may be an inhibitor of bud development (Chatfield, 2000), suggesting that ABA may inhibit the development of the axillary buds of Luotian branches, whose branches grow faster than those of Lanceolata, thus leading to the formation of the crown structure of Luotian and naturally drooping branches. These results also explained the hypothesis that the thicker crowns of Luotian is related to the strong sprouting ability of the axillary buds of the main trunk in Luotian or to the simultaneous inhibition of the apical buds on the lateral branches (Xiong, 1984;Xu et al, 2020). However, the direct relationship between ABA and early branch death of Luotian remains to be further verified by subsequent experiments.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 57%
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“…Previous studies have suggested that ABA may be an inhibitor of bud development (Chatfield, 2000), suggesting that ABA may inhibit the development of the axillary buds of Luotian branches, whose branches grow faster than those of Lanceolata, thus leading to the formation of the crown structure of Luotian and naturally drooping branches. These results also explained the hypothesis that the thicker crowns of Luotian is related to the strong sprouting ability of the axillary buds of the main trunk in Luotian or to the simultaneous inhibition of the apical buds on the lateral branches (Xiong, 1984;Xu et al, 2020). However, the direct relationship between ABA and early branch death of Luotian remains to be further verified by subsequent experiments.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 57%
“…In this study, the crown architecture of Luotian is narrow, pointed, and tower-like, and the older drooping branches die naturally at the age of 6-7 years old, thus the forest species is an ideal one for plantations with high densities and farmland protection. Based on our previous study, the branching angles of Luotian were remarkably larger than those of Lanceolata, 71.8% of the branching angles in Luotian were more than 90°, resulting the branch drooping of Luotian (Xu et al, 2020).…”
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confidence: 86%
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“…Second, topography influenced the dominant stand height of C. lanceolata, with elevation being the most significant factor, followed by soil type, aspect, and slope (Zhu et al, 2019). Third, the structural characteristics of the tree crowns of C. lanceolata were such that leaf biomass increased with the crown thickness (Xu et al, 2019), and that related to thinning due to the effects of photosynthesis which is dependent on needleleaf age (Li et al, 2017). The self-thinning exponents of C. lanceolata changed systematically with the mortality rate classes, and −1.5 was a transitory value in the course of self-thinning (Sun et al, 2011).…”
Section: Growth and Factors Affecting C Lanceolata Forestsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hook. ), an important timber species in south China, is widely distributed within 101 • 30 -121 • 53 E and 21 • 41 -34 • 03 N. Under different environmental conditions, various types of Chinese fir were identified [1][2][3][4]: C. unica, C. lanceolata var. Luotian, C. lanceolata (Lamb.)…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%