Effects of photoperiod, temperature and asynchrony between thermoperiod and photoperiod on development to panicle initiation in sorghum

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 169-178

  Ellis, R H ^a   Qi, A ^a   Craufurd, P Q ^a   Summerfield, R J ^a   Roberts, E H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asynchrony; panicle initiation; photoperiod; sorghum; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench; thermoperiod; vegetative phase

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM; SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0030958914     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0328     Document Type: Article

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