Possible involvement of gibberellins on leaf expansion and carbohydrate accumulation in Citrus

During the spring flush of growth both vegetative shoots and inflorescences are formed in Citrus. Some of these inflorescences bear both flowers and leaves (GOLDSCHMIDT and MONSELISE 1972). The leaves from leafy inflorescences are smaller in size (GUARDIOLA et al. 1984) and differ in composition, both organic (SANZ et al. 1987b) and mineral (EMBLETON et al. 1973) as compared to leaves from vegetative sprouts. Some of these differences are related to the competition of nearby developing flowers and fruitlets, but a different type of regulation may also be involved. Early removal of developing reproductive organs had no effect on leaf growth (SANZ et al. 1987a). Further, inflorescence leaves …