Flower Opening in Asiatic Lily is a Rapid Process Controlled by Dark-light Cycling |
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Authors: | Bieleski, Roderick Elgar, John Heyes, Julian Woolf, Allan |
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Affiliation: | The Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand Ltd., Private Bag, 92 169, Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research Ltd., Private Bag, 11 600, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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Abstract: | In commerce, Asiatic lilies are picked in bud, each stem holdingseveral buds. We found flower opening was rapid, taking lessthan 4 h both on the stem and for excised buds. Opening wasalso strongly synchronous. For a 12 h day-night cycle, openingbegan late in the dark period, reaching a mid-point after 11h of darkness. This was equally true of buds that were excisedwhen nearly ready to open, and those with 34 d of developmentto complete. Reversing day and night reversed the time of opening,and red light was as effective as white light in providing dayconditions. A 15 min light break during the night did not affectthe opening. Lengthening the night (8, 12, 16 h) and shorteningthe day delayed opening from 9, to 11, to 13 h after the startof darkness, respectively. In continuous light and continuousdark, synchronicity was lost. If opening flowers were held inextended darkness, two phases of opening could be discriminated.In a dark phase, petals opened to approx. 40°,and anthers remained intact. When such flowers were returnedto light, there was a light phase, where petalsopened further, became more pigmented and began to recurve,and the anthers dehisced, these events taking only 23h. The net result was that flowers became fully open and anthersdehisced approx. 2 h after dawn, regardless of daylength. Copyright2000 Annals of Botany Company Asiatic lily, Lilium hybrid, flower opening, timing, endogenous rhythm, synchronicity |
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