Claim · model-written summary
Full sun and double node cuttings are recommended for domestic rapid turnover.
- Outcome
- full-sun culture with double-node cuttingse0
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Verbatim
e0“full-sun culture with double-node cuttings is better suited for rapid turnover in domestic markets”
t0“Heliconia cv. Golden Torch”
Title
Mohanty Sukirti; Ranjan Mohanty Chitta; Jena Subhendu; et al. Plant Science Today 2026. doi:10.14719/pst.11605
Other claims from this paper (14)
- Intervention effect Full sun accelerated sprouting to 17.15 versus 19.47 days.
- Intervention effect Full sun raised vegetative to flowering shoot conversion to 136.8% versus 105.1%.
- Intervention effect Full sun raised spikes per clump to 3.68 versus 3.30.
- Intervention effect Shade increased inflorescence length to 24.23 versus 19.03 inch.
- Intervention effect Shade increased stalk length to 18.30 versus 14.94 inch.
- Intervention effect Shade raised chlorophyll content to 6.82 versus 5.09 mg cm-2.
- Intervention effect Shade prolonged spike longevity to 16.2 versus 10.3 days.
- Intervention effect Triple node rhizomes produced tallest plants.
- Intervention effect Triple node rhizomes produced 1009 cm² leaf area.
- Intervention effect Triple node rhizomes produced 4.66 spikes per clump.
- Intervention effect Triple node rhizomes had superior physiological efficiency.
- Intervention effect Triple node rhizomes under protection gave highest quality spikes.
- Intervention effect Double node rhizomes in open conditions promoted earliness and spike numbers.
- Recommendation Growers targeting export markets should use 50% shade and P3 rhizomes.