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Effects of Cycocel, Moisture Stress and Pinching on Growth and Flowering of F1 Hybrid Geraniums (Pelargonium × hortorum Bailey)1

Year: 1970

Type: article

Abstract: Cycocel applied as a 5000 ppm soil drench 31 days after sowing reduced height 8 to 10 cm and caused 8 to 16 days earlier flowering of F 1 geranium ‘Carefree Scarlet’ when compared with plants which had not been treated with Cycocel. Manually irrigated plants were shorter, flowered earlier, and were more compact, as measured by fresh weight, than automatically irrigated plants for this Cycocel treatment. Pinched plants were short and well branched but so much delayed in flowering that this method of height reduction would not be acceptable for commercial use.

Source: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

DOI: 10.21273/jashs.95.5.546

Author: John W. White

Institution: Pennsylvania State University

Language: English

Topic: Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,500