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Provenance variation in survival, growth and dry matter partitioning of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don seedlings in response to water stress

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The effects of drought stress on growth and dry matter partitioning of seven provenances of Parkia biglobosa were assessed in a nursery experiment. Three different water regimes were applied: soil high, medium and low water content (HWC, MWC and LWC) corresponding respectively to 100, 75 and 50 % of field capacity. A split-plot experimental design was applied with the provenance as main plot and the water regime as sub-plot, replicated three times. Each provenance was represented by 30 seedlings in each replication, corresponding to three test periods with ten seedlings each (6, 12 and 18 months after water stress started). There were significant interactions between provenance and water regime for survival rate and the relative growth rates of diameter and height. After 18 months, the dry matter mean was 20.00 ± 0.65 g for the HWC regime, 11.50 ± 2.90 g for the MWC regime while all plants in the LWC regime died. After 6 months, the accumulated water use efficiency (WUE) showed significant differences between water regimes, but not between provenances. Seedlings from the LWC regime showed higher WUE than those from the MWC regime. However, the HWC regime displayed the highest mean value of WUE. Despite differences between provenances, it was not possible to clearly separate them according to the geographical position or climatic parameters, based on the growth performance or both fresh to dry weight and shoot to root dry weight ratios.

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Acknowledgments

This work was done under the project NuTree (Improving food potential in West African Parkland trees), financed by Danida. Special thanks to Gnoumou Augustin, Ilboudo Harouna, Bazié Paulin, Yonli Hermann, Diasso Ousmane, Kaboré Abel from INERA/DPF and Oubida Regis from CNSF for their support in the data collection.

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  1. Forest and Landscape, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen Denmark Rolighedsvej 23, 1958, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

    Z. H-N. Bouda, J. S. Jensen & A. Ræbild

  2. Département Productions Forestières, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST)/Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (INERA), 03 BP 7047, Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso

    Z. H-N. Bouda

  3. World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), ICRAF-WCA/Sahel Node, BP E5118, Bamako, Mali

    J. Bayala

  4. Basic Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen Denmark, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg C, Denmark

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Bouda, Z.HN., Bayala, J., Markussen, B. et al. Provenance variation in survival, growth and dry matter partitioning of Parkia biglobosa (Jacq.) R.Br. ex G.Don seedlings in response to water stress. Agroforest Syst 87, 59–71 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-012-9521-9

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