Apricot (Prunus armeniaca L.) flowers at the end of the winter but flower bud differentiation occurs the previous summer. During the winter, the flower bud enters dormancy and resumes growth prior to flowering. The time the flower bud remains dormant is genetically and also environmentally controlled and is a major factor determining the adaptation of particular cultivars to particular ecologic...

abstract rosa damascena has attracted considerable attention in horticulture, biochemistry and in pharmacology because of the fragrance of the flowers and the high content of its bio-logically active substances. there is limited information available on factors controlling flower yield and its components. the present study reports an investigation on flower yield and the various factors affect...

Healthy buds of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia growing in the Kashmir University Botanic Garden were selected for the present study. Flower development and senescence was divided into seven stages, viz., tight bud stage (I), mature bud stage (II), pencil stage (III), partially open stage (IV), open stage (V), partially senescent stage (VI) and senescent stage (VII). Various physiological and biochem...

The fastest way to create new azalea (Rhododendron simsii hybrids) cultivars is by making use of flower colour sports, which appear spontaneously on azalea plants. Unfortunately, there is still very little known on how bud sport induction occurs. Therefore, genes coding for two key enzymes of the azalea flavonoid biosynthesis pathway, chalcon synthase (chs) and dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (dfr)...

In this experimental, effect of some of antifrost on morphology, anatomy content of selective almond cultivars flower buds of 3 late, medium and early flowering cultivars of almond in Pheranshahr region using factorial design base on complete block randomize with 3 replications was investigated. This region is considerate as cold temperate. Experimental trees were planted with 6×6 m in 2000. In...

In order to elucidate the correlation of temperature and the effect of gibberellin spray on the development of flower-buds in Cryptomeria japonica cultivar Kumotooshi, experiments were done in controlled environmental condition during 1970-1971. The following points were observed: 1. The male flower-buds were formed maximum in the temperature range of 25°C-30°C and their formation decreased wit...