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Photochemical efficiency and growth of two provenances of Acacia senegal )gum arabic( tree seedlings under drying soil

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This study was conducted to assess the impacts of water stress on diurnal photochemical efficiency of PSII and morphology of seedlings of A. senegal from two different provenances (El Fasher, P1 and Buram, P2). Seedlings were grown at the nursery of the Department of Forestry and Range Sciences, University of Al-Fashir, North Darfur, Sudan. Fifty four seedlings per provenance were selected and divided into well-watered (W) and water-stressed (D) and all data were collected for these seedlings.The results revealed that there was midday depression with evening recovery of effective photochemical efficiency of PSII (ΔF/Fm') and maximum photochemical efficiency of PSII (Fv/Fm) in all seedlings throughout the measurement course reflecting the capability of both provenances to keep intact photosynthetic apparatus for more than nineteen days under drying soil. Substantial direct correlation between ΔF/Fm' and electron transport for both provenances and inverse relationship between air temperature and Fv/Fm for P1 were established. Cyclic droughts affected negatively on the morphology of seedlings for both provenances as the height, stem diameter, and leaf number of water stressed seedlings was reduced substantially compared to well-watered. P1 seems to have greater morphological growth compared to P2 hence El Fasher's provenance tends to be more appropriate for plantations in arid environments.
 

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10.21608/jades.2022.247623

Keywords

Acacia Senegal, provenances, Chlorophyll fluorescence, Growth, cyclic drought

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Abubakr

Last Name

Siam

MiddleName

M.J.

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Department of Forestry and Range Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences & Natural Recourses, University of Al Fashir, P.O.Box 125, North Darfur, Sudan

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abmjsiam@gmail.com

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Sudan

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Nusiba

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Abdullah

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A.A.

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Department of Forestry and Range Sciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences & Natural Recourses, University of Al Fashir, P.O.Box 125, North Darfur, Sudan

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Sudan

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23

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35421

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2022-07-01

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2022-04-15

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2022-12-25

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27

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41

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1110-8770

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2314-5471

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Journal of Egyptian Academic Society for Environmental Development. D, Environmental Studies

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https://jades.journals.ekb.eg/

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Photochemical efficiency and growth of two provenances of Acacia senegal )gum arabic( tree seedlings under drying soil

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22 Jan 2023