The Response of the Young Tomato Plant to A Brief Period of Water Shortage

Abstract

The dry weight and water contents data are considered for the individual laminae and petioles of the first eight leaves of tomatoes subjected to a brief period of wilting after they had developed eight easily manipulable leaves. The aim was to obtain a better understanding of the response previously described for the whole plant, by studying the growth of organs which were at various stages of development when treatments were imposed.

The Tomato Crop

“…Gates (1955) observed that flower development was retarded in plants subjected to reduced water supply while observed a similar response in plants subjected to increased salinity of the growing medium. Gates (1955) observed that flower development was retarded in plants subjected to reduced water supply while observed a similar response in plants subjected to increased salinity of the growing medium.…”

Flowering

“…Gates (1955) observed that flower development was retarded in plants subjected to reduced water supply while Dumbroff and Cooper (1974) observed a similar response in plants subjected to increased salinity of the growing medium. Gates (1955) observed that flower development was retarded in plants subjected to reduced water supply while Dumbroff and Cooper (1974) observed a similar response in plants subjected to increased salinity of the growing medium.…”

The Physiology of Growth in the Wheat Plant I. Seedling Growth and the Pattern of Growth at the Shoot Apex

“…This was clearly recognized in ontogenetic studies of wheat and Sudan grass by Ballard and Petrie (1936) and Petrie (1937), of oats by Williams (1936Williams ( , 1938Williams ( , 1948, of tobacco by Petrie, Watson, and Ward (1939), Watson and Petrie (1940), and Petrie and Arthur (1943), of flax by Tiver (1942), and of linseed by Tiver and Williams (1943). More recently, studies on similar lines have been made for barley and rye by Williams and Shapter (1955) and for the tomato plant by Gates (1955aGates ( , 1955bGates ( , 1957. Common features of all these studies are adequate sampling on from five to ten occasions during growth, the separation of the plants at least into their major parts, and the analysis of growth in terms of dry weight change.…”