ISHS Acta Horticulturae 541: IV International Symposium on New Floricultural Crops
SOIL-CHILLING FOLLOWED BY SOIL-HEATING PROMOTES CONTINUAL FLOWERING OF EUCHARIS GRANDIFLORA PLANCH |
| Authors: | M. Doi, H. Kawamura, T. Sugimoto, H. Imanishi |
| Keywords: | Flower-bud development, soil temperature, flowering potential, Amazon lily |
| Abstract:
Eucharis plants, which had been grown at 30°C, were exposed to 15°C for 10 days and then transferred to 20°C or 30°C. Most of the plants transferred to 300C flowered, whereas some plants transferred to 20°C did not. Plants flowered sporadically in the control bed where the soil temperature was not regulated. The flowering percentage was increased by heating the soil immediately after the soil-chilling. The number of flowering stems obtained per square meter per year was 7.3 in the control bed, 10.3 in the chilled bed, and 19.3 in the chilled and heated bed. | |
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