Shoot growth

We must also consider the consequences of forty years of ecosystem pollution loading. Compared with soil analyses of heavy metal concentrations made in 1965, cadmium, copper, lead and zinc levels are now elevated 24) to the point where laboratory studies have shown that red spruce root and shoot growth is reduced, growth of obligatory mycorrhizal fungi is repressed and... 

Cuttings consisting of one or two leaves are usually rooted in plastic sleeves filled with an appropriate rooting medium. The sleeves are cared for in a nursery with the same precautions exercised as for seedlings. Callus development occurs in a few weeks, rooting begins in 6 to 8 weeks, and shoot growth is substantial in 4 to 5 months.21... 

Weed competition for water and nutrients can have similar effects on fruit quality as described above for fertilisation. For example, if weed competition is completely prevented by chemosynthetic herbicides in conventional production, this can lead to excess supply of certain mineral nutrients, in particular nitrogen and potassium, which in turn results in reduced sensory quality and shelf-life (Section 16.2.2). On the other hand, excessive weed competition, in particular, during the pre-bloom phase and the end of the first shoot growth period (Gut and Weibel, 2005), can induce nutrient and/or water deficiency and a risk of quality loss. 

Schumacher, R., Fankhauser, F. and Stadler, W. (1980). Influence of shoot growth, average fruit weight and daminozide on bitter pit , in Atkinson D., Jackson J.E., Sharpies R.O. and Waller W.M. Mineral Nutriton of Apple Trees, Butterworth, London, 83-91. 

Gy, single fast neutron doses Shoot growth inhibited by >85% 3... 

Lazof DB, Bernstein N. The NaCl induced inhibition of shoot growth the case for disturbed nutrition with special consideration of calcium. Adv Bot Res 1999 29 113-189. 

Affects root and root hair development and shoot growth... 

Hollis and associates (TD investigated the allelopathic effect of nine of the most abundant herbaceous and shrubby understory associates in Lower Coastal Plain flatwoods pine stands on germination, radicle extension, and shoot growth of slash and loblolly pine. They identified lyonia (Lyonia lucida) as a strong inhibitor of both pine species. Subsequent field studies confirmed that lyonia reduced the growth of planted slash pine. Few studies have followed lab or greenhouse results with corroboration from field studies. Fewer yet have adequately traced the path of allelochemicals in the environment. 

Ormrod, D.P., Landry, L.G., and Conklin, P.L., Short-term UV-B radiation and ozone exposure effects on aromatic secondary metabolite accumulation and shoot growth of flavonoid-deficient Arabidopsis mutants, Physiol Plant., 93, 602, 1995. 

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