Sexual Dimorphism in the Chemical Composition of Male and Female in the Dioecious Tree, Juniperus communis L., Growing under Different Nutritional Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- (1)
- Females allocate more resources to storage and defense than males. Therefore, female leaves have a greater concentration of carbon, carbohydrates, and C:N ratio, as well as phenolic compounds, but a lower concentration of other macroelements.
- (2)
- Differences between sexes are most evident when plants are grown under nutrient limited conditions.
- (3)
- Differences between male and female plants will be most pronounced after strobili opening when females produce seeds and accompanying structures and during the most intensive period of vegetative growth. Differences would also be evident in winter (December) when additional stresses, such as low temperatures, occur.
2. Results
2.1. Effect of Soil Fertilization
2.2. Effects of Sex and Sex × Soil Fertilization Interactions
3. Discussion
3.1. Carbohydrates
3.2. Carbon, Nitrogen, C:N Ratio, and Other Elements
3.3. Phenolic Compounds
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material
4.2. Experimental Design and Sampling
4.3. Microclimate
4.4. Sugars and Starch
4.5. Elemental Analysis
4.6. Total Phenols
4.7. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
TPhC | Total phenolic compounds |
TNC | Total nonstructural carbohydrates |
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Dates | Monthly Temperature (°C) | Relative Air Humidity (%) | |||
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Mean | Minimum | Maximum | |||
I year | March 2014 | 7.47 ± 7.97 | −6.0 | 29.5 | 76.51 ± 21.43 |
June 2014 | 18.14 ± 7.95 | 4.0 | 40.5 | 69.70 ± 22.49 | |
September 2014 | 16.49 ± 7.32 | −1.0 | 36.0 | 78.82 ± 20.82 | |
December 2014 | 1.58 ± 3.33 | −8.0 | 14.5 | 92.21 ± 8.37 | |
II year | March 2015 | 5.68 ± 6.53 | −8.5 | 26.0 | 76.99 ± 20.54 |
June 2015 | 17.89 ± 7.95 | 4.0 | 43.0 | 72.34 ± 23.32 | |
September 2015 | 15.10 ± 7.31 | 0.5 | 44.5 | 76.31 ± 19.13 | |
December 2015 | −2.00 ± 5.97 | −15.5 | 13.5 | 91.37 ± 8.85 |
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Rabska, M.; Pers-Kamczyc, E.; Żytkowiak, R.; Adamczyk, D.; Iszkuło, G. Sexual Dimorphism in the Chemical Composition of Male and Female in the Dioecious Tree, Juniperus communis L., Growing under Different Nutritional Conditions. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 8094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218094
Rabska M, Pers-Kamczyc E, Żytkowiak R, Adamczyk D, Iszkuło G. Sexual Dimorphism in the Chemical Composition of Male and Female in the Dioecious Tree, Juniperus communis L., Growing under Different Nutritional Conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2020; 21(21):8094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218094
Chicago/Turabian StyleRabska, Mariola, Emilia Pers-Kamczyc, Roma Żytkowiak, Dawid Adamczyk, and Grzegorz Iszkuło. 2020. "Sexual Dimorphism in the Chemical Composition of Male and Female in the Dioecious Tree, Juniperus communis L., Growing under Different Nutritional Conditions" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21, no. 21: 8094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218094