Vernalization Duration and Light Intensity Influence Flowering of Three Hybrid Nobile Dendrobium Cultivars

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-410

  Lin, Min ^a   Starman, Terri W ^b   Wang, Yin Tung ^c   Niu, Genhua ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Matsui Nursery Inc   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrobium nobile; Flower induction; Flower initiation; Orchid

Indexed keywords

DENDROBIUM; DENDROBIUM NOBILE; LUTJANUS SEBAE; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 79952929441     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.3.406     Document Type: Article

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