Dear Samir, I am not keen to diagnose or identify from photos, I much prefer live plants but I'll have a shot at it. If you mean differences in leaf colour between DSC00005 and DSC00013. It does not look abnormal. The first shot shows perhaps a less healthy leaf. If a tree displays mostly healthy leaves and just a few of a less perfect green it is either nothing to worry about, a temporary deficiency or stress, or simply a younger leaf at a branch tip. I think I can see two tiny fruits. It is normal for some leaves to degenerate and go through various shades of green and yellow before falling. One has to visualise the whole tree. If a lot of healthy young shoots and plenty of tiny fruits are in evidence one has a healthy tree. Yellowing of a significant proportion of the foliage is something to pay attention to. I have had some shocking looks on my citrus trees at the end of a recent 10 years drought. This year after recovery I have harvested tens of kg of fruits. The good rainfall helped but I had to work hard to keep the plant alive before the rain came. I hope I have answer the question. Cheerios
On Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:31:04 PM UTC+10, Samir Mehta wrote: > > Aarti ji, Balkar ji: my post acknowledging your comments (posted from my > inbox) has not appeared in the group-site. > > It is pasted below: > > 'Thank You Aarti ji, Balkar ji. > > Mr. Porcher: are leaf variations of this nature acceptable? > > Regards, > > Samir Mehta' > > > Regards, > > Samir Mehta > > > > On Sunday, May 13, 2012 3:16:12 PM UTC+5:30, Balkar wrote: >> >> excellent Closeups Samir Ji >> >> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> The small tree in the picture is that of Grapefruit at VJBU. >>> Regards, >>> Aarti >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 12, 2012 8:29:43 PM UTC+4, Samir Mehta wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear Fellow Group-members, >>>> *Citrus* *maxima* (Burm.) Osbeck @ VJBU, Mumbai >>>> ..but the leaf morphology is bothering me as it does not match with >>>> other posts on the group. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Samir Mehta >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> >
