Effect of different irrigation regimes on carbohydrate partitioning in leaves and wood of two table olive cultivars (Olea europaea L. cv. Meski and Picholine)

H. Chehab, B. Mechri, F.B. Mariem, M. Hammami, S. Ben Elhadj and M. Braham

Agricultural Water Management, 2009, vol. 96, issue 2, 293-298

Abstract: In this study, changes in carbohydrate composition were investigated at the end of the biological cycle of two important table olive cultivars 'Meski' and 'Picholine' grown in Tunisia under different irrigation regimes. A control treatment [100% crop evapotranspiration (ETc)] and a stress treatment (50% ETc) were considered. At the end of August, leaf water potential was measured and sugar compounds were determined in mature leaves and in the wood of fruit-bearing branches by gas chromatography. The leaf water potential increased with the stress treatment in both cultivars, but the increase was more pronounced with 'Picholine' than with 'Meski'. Glucose, fructose, mannitol, sucrose, galactose and inositol were the main sugars found in the leaves and wood of olive trees. Glucose, fructose and mannitol accounted for 90% of the total soluble carbohydrate fraction. The fraction and amount of these sugars changed between cultivars and with irrigation treatment. In the control treatment, the leaves of Meski showed a high level of glucose (48%), fructose (19%) and mannitol (25%), while the leaves of Picholine showed amounts of 57, 15 and 17%, respectively. The restriction of irrigation water (50% ETc) induces an accumulation of glucose in the leaves and wood of 'Meski' and an accumulation of mannitol and glucose in the wood of 'Picholine', while the leaves showed only an increase in mannitol.

Keywords: Sugar; Glucose; Mannitol; Cultivar; Water; potential (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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