Dormancy and Flowering in Anemone coronaria L. as Affected by Photoperiod and Temperature |
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Authors: | BEN-HOD G; KIGEL J; STEINITZ B |
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Institution: | Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture P.O. Box 12, Rehovot 76100, Israel
* Department of Ornamental Horticulture, Agricultural Research Organization The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel |
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Abstract: | The effects of day-length and temperature on flowering and dormancyinduction were studied in Anemone coronaria L., with plantsraised either from corms or achenes. An Israeli hybrid sourcewas used (de Caen cv. Hollandia x Israeli wild type). Dormancy onset is characterized by the cessation of foliageleaf production, the appearance of leaf scales protecting theperennating bud, and leaf senescence. Dormancy was induced byhigh temperature and long days but increasing temperatures (from17/12 °C to 32/12 °C) induced earlier dormancy thanprolonging the photoperiod (range 816 h). A significant(P = 0.01) interaction was found between these factors, withsmaller photoperiodic effects the higher the temperature. At22/17 °C the critical day-length for dormancy inductionwas between 11 and 12 h. The transition from the vegetative to the reproductive stageappears to be an autonomous process that occurs with developmentin plants raised from either corms or achenes and does not requireenvironmental induction. Photo- and thermoperiodic effects onflowering were indirect, being mediated through their influenceon dormancy induction. Anemone coronaria L., dormancy, flowering, photoperiod, thermoperiod |
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