Flowering of Phlox paniculata is influenced by photoperiod and cold treatment

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1172-1174

  Runkle, Erik S ^a   Heins, Royal D ^a   Cameron, Arthur C ^a   Carlson, William H ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical photoperiod; Herbaceous perennial; Long day plant; Perennial phlox

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHLOX; PHLOX PANICULATA;

EID: 0032413036     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.7.1172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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