The effects of photoperiod on flowering in carrot
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology
- Vol. 59 (2) , 213-215
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221589.1984.11515190
Abstract
Chilling treatments (11-12 weeks at 5°C) applied to carrot plants, cv Chantenay Red Cored, maintained in either darkness or photoperiods shorter than 12 h, resulted in faster and more prolific flowering than chilling under longer photoperiods. At the end of chilling, leaf area, fresh and dry weights were greatest in those plants that had received long photoperiods. Chilled plants returned to long (16 h) photoperiods in a warm glasshouse (min. temp. 16°C) flowered, whereas those returned to short (8 h) photoperiods in a similar glasshouse remained vegetative.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: