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KMID : 1098420070150040251
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Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
2007 Volume.15 No. 4 p.251 ~ p.255
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Growth and Flowering of Orostachys japonicus A. Berger as Affected by Inflorescence Pinching Time
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Lee Jae-Seung
Hwang Baik
Park Hyoung-Jae
Hwang Sung-Jin
Choi Hye-Jin
Ahn Jun-Cheul
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Abstract
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Floret flowering of a monocarpic plant Orostachys japonicus should be controlled to change its harvest time. The study was done to clarify the effect of pinching time of inflorescence with many florets (Aug. 25, Sept. 8 and 22, Oct. 4) on its growth, morphological characters, and flowering. Night-break treatment of 2 hours at midnight were done since Aug. 25 when afterward samples were taken every 2 weeks to Nov. 4. Growth, morphological and flowering related characters were measured from each sample. Plant height, inflorescence length and number of leaves including bracts showed significant difference between the treatments because they were sharply increased until each pinching time. Stem diameter did nearly same. Leaf and bract, floret, shoot and total dry weights had similar response to the plant height, but stem and root dry ones did similar response to the stem diameter. Most florets were removed by the pinching treatments after formed ones were increased until each pinching time. Few florets were left after the treatment, meaning that night-break treatment after that could be skipped.
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KEYWORD
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Orostachys Japonicus, inflorescence pinching time, growth, morphological characters, flowering
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