Daily light integral, prevernalization photoperiod, and vernalization temperature and duration control flowering of easter cactus

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1596-1604

  Rohwer, Charles L ^a,b   Heins, Royal D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil twilight; Dark vernalization; Hatiora gaertneri; Hatiora xgraeseri; Leveling; Propagation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CIVIL TWILIGHT; DARK VERNALIZATION; HATIORA GAERTNERI; HATIORA XGRAESERI; LEVELING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HATIORA; HATIORA GAERTNERI;

EID: 36549052606     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.7.1596     Document Type: Article

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