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2009
Volume 12
Issue 2
Topic:
Horticulture
ELECTRONIC
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AGRICULTURAL
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Janowska B. , Schroeter-Zakrzewska A. , Rybus-Zając M. 2009. EFFECT OF BENZYLADENINE AND GIBBERELLIC ACID ON THE GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF Anemone coronaria L. ‘Sylphide’, EJPAU 12(2), #08.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume12/issue2/abs-08.html

EFFECT OF BENZYLADENINE AND GIBBERELLIC ACID ON THE GROWTH AND FLOWERING OF ANEMONE CORONARIA L. ‘SYLPHIDE’

Beata Janowska1, Anita Schroeter-Zakrzewska1, Magdalena Rybus-Zając2
1 Department of Ornamental Plants, University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Poland
2 Department of Plant Physiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland

 

ABSTRACT

Before planting the tubers were soaked for 24 hours in water, benzyladenine, or gibberellic acid.
Both growth regulators were applied at three concentrations: 50, 100 and 150
mg·dm-3. The use of benzyladenine accelerated the flowering of the
poppy anemone 'Sylphide' by 3–7 days, and of gibberellic acid – by 11-16 days.
The soaking of its tubers in gibberellic acid at 100 and 150 mg·dm-3 before
planting caused the development of a greater number of flowers. Benzyladenine
caused the formation of flowers with shorter pedicels, and gibberellic acid –
with longer ones. The bigger flowers developed when the tubers had been soaked
in the gibberellic acid at 50 mg·dm-3. The use of benzyladenine and
gibberellic acid reduced the number of leaves formed by the tubers to one-third
or one-fourth. Benzyladenine caused the development of leaves with shorter stalks
and blades, while gibberellic acid caused the formation of leaves with longer
stalks.

Key words: Anemone coronaria, growth, flowering, gibberellic acid, benzyladenine.


Beata Janowska
Department of Ornamental Plants,
University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Poland
Dąbrowskiego 159, 50-594 Poznań, Poland
email: beataj@up.poznan.pl

Anita Schroeter-Zakrzewska
Department of Ornamental Plants,
University of Life Sciences in Poznań, Poland
Dąbrowskiego 159, 50-594 Poznań, Poland
email: anitazak@up.poznan.pl

Magdalena Rybus-Zając
Department of Plant Physiology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
Wołyńska 35
60-637 Poznań
Poland
email: magrybus@up.poznan.pl

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