FLOWERING RESPONSES OF GLADIOLUS-TRISTIS (L.) AFTER EXPOSING CORMS TOCOLD TREATMENT

Authors
GONZALEZ A BANON S FERNANDEZ JA FRANCO JA CASAS JL OCHOA J
Citation
A. Gonzalez et al., FLOWERING RESPONSES OF GLADIOLUS-TRISTIS (L.) AFTER EXPOSING CORMS TOCOLD TREATMENT, Scientia horticulturae, 74(4), 1998, pp. 279-284
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Horticulture
Journal title
Scientia horticulturae → ACNP
ISSN journal
03044238
Volume
74
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
279 - 284
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-4238(1998)74:4<279:FROG(A>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The influence on the subsequent growth and development of Gladiolus tr istis after exposing the corms to low temperatures was studied. Corms stored for 3 or 6 weeks at 5 degrees C and 90% RH flowered 20 and 11 d ays, respectively, before the controls, while the length of the flower ing period increased by 35 days after the longer storage period. The v egetative anc: quality parameters of the gladiolus flowering stem were similar to those of the control, except that flowering stem and spike lengths increased after 6 weeks of cold treatment. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.