Phenology of native fruit trees in National Botanical Garden of Iran

Panahi, P.; Hasaninejad, M.; Pourhashemi, M.

Volume 3, Issue 9 (10-2013) 2013, 3(9): 205-216 | Back to browse issues page

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Panahi P, Hasaninejad M, Pourhashemi M. Phenology of native fruit trees in National Botanical Garden of Iran. Journal of Crop Production and Processing 2013; 3 (9) :205-216
URL: http://jcpp.iut.ac.ir/article-1-1946-en.html

Phenology of native fruit trees in National Botanical Garden of Iran

P. Panahi ^*

, M. Hasaninejad

, M. Pourhashemi

Res. Institute of Forests & Rangelands, Tehran, Iran. , panahi@rifr-ac.ir

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Phenology, as one of the most important subjects of ecology, is the study of periodic plant life cycle events and how these are influenced by variations in climate and ecological conditions. In this research, phonological observations of 5 species (Prunus dulcis, Prunus avium, Prunus armeniaca, Pyrus communis, Prunus domestica) were studied in Iranian orchard of National Botanical Garden of Iran during the years 2004-2008. Ten trees were selected for each species and leaf, flower and fruit phenology were recorded from second decade of February to end decade of November. Occurrence time of phenomena was converted to its interval from first day of the year. Statistical analysis of occurrence time of phenomena showed that there are significant differences between the studied species. Soonest and latest occurrence time of phenomena and their sustainability were observed in P. duclis and P. avium, respectively. Based on study of correlation between climate factors (temperature and precipitation) and occurrence time of phenomena, significant correlations were found in some species.

Keywords: Climatic factors, Collection of native fruit trees, Correlation, Life phenomena, Rosaceae.

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Type of Study: Applicable | Subject: General