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The Relationship between Drought Tolerance of Laurus nobilis L. and Environmental Factors in Conditions of the Southern Coast of Crimea

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The present studies have shown Laurus nobilis L. to be a drought tolerant species. When the plant was first subjected to dehydration, the rate of net photosynthesis decreased from Pn = (8–10) to –1 μmol/(m2 s) and to –3 μmol/(m2 s) during the second dehydration before it was subsequently irrigated. The rewatering on August 5 and August 8 promoted a sharp burst of this parameter, but the Pn value was restored to its original level only after August 8. Soil drought caused a drop in a rate of transpiration from 65–70 to 10 mg/(m2 s). Watering soil up to a 15% moisture level brought an increase in E = 25 mg/(m2 s), but only the second watering managed to fully restore it to the initial value. Apical growth of the plants was closely correlated with soil moisture. As the soil moisture was reduced to W = 15–5%, the terminal growth reached a saturation point and started to plateau. Watering the soil up to W = 15% promoted apical growth by 4 mm. Reducing soil moisture to W = 3–4% caused a complete cessation of the growth. Subsequent watering to W = 27–28% led to a gradual and complete recovery of turgor and an increase in the growth rate up to 6–8 mm per day. The surface response functions Pn = f(I, W) and E = f(I, W) allowed us to determine conditions and levels of potential maximums and boundaries of the areas of optimum photosynthesis and transpiration: optimum Pn = 8–9 μmol/(m2 s) with I = 900–1400 μmol/(m2 s) and W = 17–24% and the optimum E = 25–35 mg/(m2 s) with I = 1000–1400 μmol/(m2 s) and W = 16–24%.

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  1. Nikita Botanical Garden, National Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Republic of Crimea, Yalta, 298648, Russia

    A. V. Pashtetsky, Yu. V. Plugatar, O. A. Ilnitsky & S. P. Korsakova

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Pashtetsky, Yu.V. Plugatar, O.A. Ilnitsky, S.P. Korsakova, 2018, published in Rossiiskaya Sel’skokhozyaistvennaya Nauka, 2018, No. 1, pp. 13–17.

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Pashtetsky, A.V., Plugatar, Y.V., Ilnitsky, O.A. et al. The Relationship between Drought Tolerance of Laurus nobilis L. and Environmental Factors in Conditions of the Southern Coast of Crimea. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 44, 131–136 (2018). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367418020131

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