Abstract
After decapitation, lateral shoot growth of mulberry coppice (Morus alba L. cv. Shin-ichinose) from 10-year-old stumps had an extremely acrotonic form compared with that of intact one-year-old stems of trees during the spring. When one dominant shoot from each stump was decapitated, only a few upper lateral buds grew out and elongated. Defoliation of the decapitated shoots resulted in an increase in the number of shoots sprouting and a decrease in the rate of elongation of the laterals. Further enhancement of laterals on decapitated dominant shoots resulted from the removal of competing intact coppice shoots from the stumps. 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) applied as a spray reduced the number of lateral buds sprouting from both defoliated, decapitated erect shoots and intact horizontally trained shoots. The results suggest that management of mulberry coppice could increase the supply of leaves for commercial silk production.
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