Light Quality Effects on the Life Cycle of Common Purslane
- 1 July 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Weed Science
- Vol. 18 (5) , 611-613
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0043174500034329
Abstract
The common purslane plant(Portulaca oleraceaL.) flowered and produced seeds throughout the growing season. Seeds were mature about 15 days after flowering. Increased light intensity and temperature stimulated growth. In general greater yields were obtained under cool white light, followed by yields under green, blue, red, and yellow light, in that order. With high temperature during the light period and low temperature during the dark period, best growth occurred under green light.Keywords
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