Reproductive effort of short shoots in silver birch (Betula pendula Roth)

: TUOMI J, NISULA S, VUORISALO T, NIEMELÄ P, JORMALAINEN V

Publisher: BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG

: 1988

: Experientia

: EXPERIENTIA

: 44

: 6

: 540

: 541

: 2

: 0014-4754

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01958945

The degree of autonomy was estimated for generative short shoots of silver birch by defoliating them after leaf flush. Defoliation reduced both final length (4%) and weight (18%) of female inflorescences. Short shoots are thus reproductively semi-autonomous modules of silver birch.