Developmental Responses to Temperature and Photoperiod in Ecotypes of Medicago polymorpha L. Collected Along an Environmental Gradient in Central Chile |
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Authors: | Del Pozo Alejandro; Ovalle Carlos; Aronson James; Avendano Julia |
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Institution: | Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Facultad de AgronomÕa, Universidad de Concepción, Casilla 537, Chillán, Chile Centro Regional de Investigación Quilamapu, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Casilla 426, Chillán, Chile CNRS UPR 9056, CEFE, 1919, Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier, cedex 5, France Centro Experimental Cauquenes, Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias (INIA), Casilla 165, Cauquenes, Chile |
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Abstract: | The phenological development of nine Chilean accessions of Medicagopolymorpha, collected along a northsouth aridity gradient,and of two commercial cultivars of the same species, were comparedin 12 sequential outdoor sowings at Cauquenes (35°58'S,72°17'W, elev. 177 m), in the sub-humid Mediterranean climatezone of Chile. A glasshouse experiment was also conducted toevaluate the effect of photoperiod on phenophase timing. Therewas a clear gradient in precocity among the Chilean accessionsin both experiments: accessions MPO-9-88 and MPO-7-88, fromthe arid zone, were the earliest-flowering accessions, whereasMPO-36-88 from the humid Mediterranean zone was the latest.Both experiments revealed significant variation among the Chileanaccessions in the response of flowering time to variation inphotoperiod regime. Differences in days to flowering betweenthe least- (8 h) and the most- (16 h) inductive photoperiodswere lower in precocious accessions from arid and semi-aridzones, than in late-flowering accessions from more humid zones.Rate of progress to flowering, defined as the inverse of timefrom emergence to first flower appearance (1/ f), was relatedto mean diurnal temperature, or to both mean diurnal temperatureand mean photoperiod. In two early-flowering accessions fromthe arid zone, and in the Australian cultivar CircleValley, 1/ f was affected significantly (P < 0.05)by both temperature and photoperiod. In the remaining accessions,no significant responses to temperatures were detected; 1/ fwas influenced significantly by photoperiod only. Copyright2000 Annals of Botany Company Annual medic, aridity gradient, Medicago polymorpha, flowering time, rate of development |
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