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Controlling Tomato Transplant Height with Chlormequat, Daminozide, and Ethephon1

Year: 1979

Type: article

Abstract: (2-Chloroethyl)phosphonic acid (ethephon), succinic acid-2,2-dimethylhydrazide (daminozide) or (2-chloroethyl)trimethylammonium chloride (chromequat) inhibited transplant growth of tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) when applied in the glasshouse. In descending order of effectiveness were daminozide-chlormequat combinations, daminozide, ethephon, and chlormequat. Ethephon, daminozide, or chlormequat reduced transpiration. Clipped plants were delayed in fruit set 1 month while daminozide-chlormequat and chlormequattreated plants were delayed 10 days. Total season yield was unaffected by any treatment.

Source: Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

DOI: 10.21273/jashs.104.3.342

Authors: James M. Pisarczyk, Walter E. Splittstoesser

Institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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