英文摘要 |
Modelling the effects of daily light integral (DLI) and temperature on flower initiation and flower development in Eustoma can aid in planning production schedule. Plug seedlings of early-flowering‘Claris Pink’, mid-flowering‘Rin’, and late-flowering‘Ceremony Blue Flash’with 3-leaf pairs were planted in natural-lighted phytotrons (10.5-13.5 h daylength) with mean temperatures of 14.0, 17.6, 22.6, 27.7, or 32.7℃. Results showed that leaf number below the flower and time from planting to flower initiation, flower bud visibility and flowering decreased with temperature increased from 14.0 to 32.7℃. Base temperature for flower initiation was estimated as 5.2-6.5℃and thermal times required from planting to flower initiation were 347.9, 422.3, or 512.3℃d for‘Claris Pink’,‘Rin’, and‘Ceremony Blue Flash’, respectively. Seedlings were planted at mean temperatures of 20.5 or 25.5℃in phytotrons with 12 h photoperiod and DLI of 4.4, 8.8, 13.2, or 17.6 mol·m-2·d-1 provided by high pressure sodium lamps. Time to flowering decreased with increasing DLI in plants at 20.5℃, whereas the earliest flowering occurred in plants at 25.5℃with 13.2-17.6 mol·m-2·d-1 DLI. Modeling the effects of temperature and DLI were established for predicting days from planting to flower bud visibility and flowering. The constructed model from phytotron data was validated in plants planted from January to April in a greenhouse under varying temperature and light conditions. |