Temperature affects growth and flowering of the balloon flower [Platycodon grandiflorus (jacq.) A. Dc. cv. Astra blue]

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 233-236

  Park, Byong H ^a   Oliveira, Nelia ^a   Pearson, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flower development; Leaf area; Seed vernalization; Stem length; Thermal time; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORUS;

EID: 0031972022     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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