Effects of day and night temperatures on flower-bud formation and bolting of Japanese bunching onion (Allium fistulosum L.)

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-46

  Yamasaki, Atsushi ^a,b   Tanaka, Kazuo ^a,c   Yoshida, Mio ^a,d   Miura, Hiroyuki ^a,e  

^a Natl Res Inst Vegetables O   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR KYUSHU OKINAWA REGION   (Japan)

^e National Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Day temperature; Devernalization; Flower bud formation; Japanese bunching onion; Night temperature

Indexed keywords

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CULTIVAR; DEVERNALIZATION; FLOWERING; TEMPERATURE;

ALLIUM FISTULOSUM;

EID: 0033966062     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.69.40     Document Type: Article

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