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Effects and
Challenges of Seasonal Changes on Garden Succulent Plants |
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Paper Id :
17839 Submission Date :
2023-07-06 Acceptance Date :
2023-07-20 Publication Date :
2023-07-24
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Abstract |
Most of the succulent plants are special xeromorphic with
hydronchyma tissues of different organ parts of the plants and different types
of vegetation grow in different climatic conditions of Thar Desert, plains, home
and in gardens. Garden succulents are introduced every year from hill stations
to Alwar Rajasthan. There are growth peak in winter, summer seasons and
mortality peak in rainy season. Excess rain water, temperature and high
humidity support to vigorously growth of fungus leads to root rot resultant
death of introduced succulent plants. |
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Keywords | Succulents, Root Rot, Fungus Xeromorphic, Hydronchyma Tissues. | ||||||
Introduction | Succulents are drought resistant have their unique water
holding properties , thrive in arid and semi arid climates with thick fleshy
tissues adapted water storage(cacti in stem, agaves in leaves).They belong to
60 families with members of Azoaceae, Cactaceae Asparagaceae and Crassulaceae
being dominant succulents and are cultivated as ornamental and house plants
including Aloe, Sansevieria, Echeveria, and Kalanchoe. Xeromorphic adaptation
in diversity of succulent plants based on morphologically structures in
succulent plants grow in water deficit and are adaptation to drought and having
water storing tissues hydronchyma in one or more organ with more than 95%
volume of cells (Antony et al., 2008; Gibson,1996).Such plants photosynthesis in
nocturnal C4 acid accumulation in CAM
cycle(Schulte & Nobel,1989; Nobel,1991).Three main requirements of succulents
are (1) storage of water in hydronchyma, (2)utilization of stored
water,(3)maintain some metabolic activity when external water supply (Eggli
& Nyffeler, 2009). |
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Objective of study | To identify the problems facing common people in cultivate or
potted succulents. Which succulents are introduced from hill station to
variable climatic parameters.viz. relative humidity caused by rainfall,
temperature variations, how the deathand decay, root rot and stem rot occur in
succulents. |
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Review of Literature | Previously the research work on different aspects on
succulents and cacti was carried out by Schulte & Nobel, 1989; Nobel, 1991;
Malcolm, et al. 2006; Antony et al., 2008; Gibson,1996; Eggli & Nyffeler,
2009; Guo et al. 2017; Yao, 2021; Young
et al 2022. |
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Methodology | Different succulent plant species are brought from local
nurseries and they are replanted in prepared media .Media includes river sand,
garden soil, charcoal, vermicompost, NPK, Potash, bone meal powder,
fungicides-trichoderma, coconut mesocarp fibers pieces, thoroughly mixed,well
drained media prepared and filled 3”-4”pots,planted ,watered, put them in semi
shade area. The next watering after dry the soil in the pots, when relative
humidity increases less water required, for weather data Digital Hygrometer
ranges 5-95%RH and Alotpower soil moisture sensor meter used for soil humidity. |
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Analysis | Xerophytes- The succulent plants comes the plants
adapted to life a dry physiological habitat (salt, marsh, saline, and acid bog)
by means of mechanism to prevent water loss such one cacti and agaves its
adaptations include waxy leaf coating, the ability to drop leaves during dry
periods, the ability to reposition fold leaves to reduce sunlight to
repositions and the development of a dense hairy leaf covering. Cactus- cacti
are succulent perennial pants they generally have thick herbaceous or woody,
chlorophyll containing stem. cacti can be distinguished from other succulent
plants by the presence of areoles ,small cushion like structures with trichomes
(plant hairs) and in almost all species, spines or barbed bristles(glochids).
Areoles are modified bristles from which flowers, more branches and leaves
(when present may grow). Leaves and
stipules are greatly reduced or modified as spines.“the tropical genera Pereskia and Pereskopsis,
both vines” Root systems are generally thin fibirous and shallow ranging
widely to absorb superficial. Cacti are in different shapes and sizes.garden
succulents are grown in prepared media, growth and morphological changes are
recorded, maximum growth in winter dormant in summer and rotting of root,stem
and leaves were obeserved in higher temperature and higher humidity in rainy
season.when plants are kept in inside hut there least air circulation, death
rate was more fast Common
succulents in the gardens Baby sun rose (Aptenia
cordifolia)(Fig.19) Burro’s
tail (Sedum morganium) (Fig.2) Century plant (Agave
Americana) (Fig.11) Crown of thorns
(Euphorbia milii) (Fig.14) Flowering
kalanchoes (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) (Fig.13) Hens and chicks
(Sempervivum sp.) (Fig.4) Jade plant (Crassula
arboresecens,Crassula ovate) (Fig.3) Medicine plant
(Aloe barbadensis, Aloe vera)(Fig.10) Panda plant (Kalancoe
tomentosa) (Fig.6) Pincushion
cactus (Mammillaria crinite) (Fig.12) Portulaca sps(
Fig.15) Roseum(Sedum
spurium)(Fig.7) Sedums (Sedum
spurium) (FIG.1) Sunbrust(Aeonium
davidbramwellii) (Fig.5) Snake plant (Sansevieria
trifaciata) (Fig.9) String of
pearls(Senecio rowleyanus)(Fig.16) Zebra plant (Haworthia
fasciata) (Fig.8) The average
humidity low in winter and summer seasons while high up to 90-92% in the rainy
season. The average rainfall low in month of Jauary,Feb,December,10,12,5
mm respectively high in month of June, July August 30 mm to 90 mm (Fig.2,3
graphs),average temperature low in month of January 10oc,12 oC
and high in month of May 41oC,June 40 oC. |
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Result and Discussion |
Garden
succulents vigoroursly grow and sprout pups in the months of November to
February while dormant stage in summer months .Decay and death by root
rot, stem rot in Echiveria in the month of July to
August (Fig.17,18). The root rot caused by fungus Fusarium and Neocosmospora (Kamali
and Sarvestani(2022) and (Yao,2021) leads to the death of succulents. The variation
and climatic change in rainfall temperature and relative humidity throughout
the year correlates the growth dormancy and death,decay of the cultivated or
pot succulents. Results were recorded in above cited succulents.
Discussion-Climate change represents a severe
threat to the biodiversity, structure and functioning of the ecosystem (Malcolm
et al. 2006; IPCC. 2013). Desert are one of the most diversity worldwide .Guo
et al (2017) studied effect of non-rainfall moisture availibilty (number fog
day relative humidity) of two genera of Aizoaceae, show a construction and loss
of habitat. Young et al (2022) studied biodiversity and climate changes in
dwarf succulents in South Africa effect of anthropogenic climate change on
the dwarf succulent genus Conophytum (Aizoaceae)
Floral biodiversity. The distribution of Conophytum is
predominently influenced by two main environmental variables namely
geology and the amount of rainfall in the warmest quarter. The genus
concides warmest quarter with natural dormancy. |
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Conclusion |
The study of 17 species data were recorded and carried and we
found various morphological changes ,root rot, stem rot, soft rot were caused
by fungus (Yao et al, 2021; Kamali and Sarvestani, 2022) |
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