Abstract
A study was conducted to determine how seedling development stage at transplanting from plug flats into small pots affected growth and flowering of two commonly grown bedding plants. Seeds of Showstar® medallion flower and ‘Las Vegas Pink’ globe amaranth were sown in 392-cell flats on five dates for each of two experimental runs before transplanting into 8.9 cm (3.5 in) cubic pots. At transplanting of both species, plant height, node count and shoot dry weight increased as days from sowing to transplanting increased and there was no visible cessation in shoot growth due to root restriction. Time to first flower from transplanting decreased linearly with both species in both runs, except with medallion flower in the second run, as time from sowing to transplanting increased. In contrast, time to flower of both species from sowing increased linearly as time from sowing to transplanting increased. However, the magnitude of the increase or decrease in time to flower differed between the two runs indicating that other factors, most likely light intensity and duration, besides node counts were affecting time to flower. Globe amaranth height and growth index and medallion flower growth index at first flower decreased as time from sowing to transplanting increased, whereas medallion flower height was not affected by time from sowing to transplanting.
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Claims 16
Claim · model-written summary
medallion flower plant height increased with longer time from sowing to transplanting.
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e0“At transplanting of both species, plant height, node count and shoot dry weight increased as days from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
medallion flower node count increased with longer time from sowing to transplanting.
Verbatim
e0“At transplanting of both species, plant height, node count and shoot dry weight increased as days from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
medallion flower shoot dry weight increased with longer time from sowing to transplanting.
Verbatim
e0“At transplanting of both species, plant height, node count and shoot dry weight increased as days from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
globe amaranth plant height increased with longer time from sowing to transplanting.
- Taxon
- globe amaranth
Gomphrena globosat0 - Organ / stage
- At transplantinge0
- Treatment
- days from sowing to transplantinge0
- Outcome
- plant heighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At transplanting of both species, plant height, node count and shoot dry weight increased as days from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
globe amaranth node count increased with longer time from sowing to transplanting.
- Taxon
- globe amaranthGomphrena globosat0
- Organ / stage
- At transplantinge0
- Treatment
- days from sowing to transplantinge0
- Outcome
- node counte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At transplanting of both species, plant height, node count and shoot dry weight increased as days from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
globe amaranth shoot dry weight increased with longer time from sowing to transplanting.
- Taxon
- globe amaranthGomphrena globosat0
- Organ / stage
- At transplantinge0
- Treatment
- days from sowing to transplantinge0
- Outcome
- shoot dry weighte0
- Direction
- increasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“At transplanting of both species, plant height, node count and shoot dry weight increased as days from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
Neither species visibly ceased shoot growth because of root restriction.
- Taxon
- Medallion Flower and Globe Amarantht0
- Outcome
- no visible cessation in shoot growthe0
- Qualifier
- root restrictione0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“there was no visible cessation in shoot growth due to root restriction”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
Time from transplanting to first flower decreased as transplant age increased for medallion flower, except the second medallion flower run.
Verbatim
e0“Time to first flower from transplanting decreased linearly with both species in both runs, except with medallion flower in the second run, as time from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
Time from transplanting to first flower decreased as transplant age increased for globe amaranth, except the second medallion flower run.
- Taxon
- globe amaranthGomphrena globosat0
- Treatment
- time from sowing to transplantinge0
- Outcome
- Time to first flower from transplantinge0
- Direction
- decreased linearlye0
- Qualifier
- except with medallion flower in the second rune0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Time to first flower from transplanting decreased linearly with both species in both runs, except with medallion flower in the second run, as time from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
Time from sowing to flower increased with transplant age for medallion flower.
Verbatim
e0“time to flower of both species from sowing increased linearly as time from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
Time from sowing to flower increased with transplant age for globe amaranth.
- Taxon
- globe amaranthGomphrena globosat0
- Treatment
- time from sowing to transplantinge0
- Outcome
- time to flowere0
- Direction
- increased linearlye0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“time to flower of both species from sowing increased linearly as time from sowing to transplanting increased”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
The transplant age relationship with flowering time differed between runs; authors suggest light intensity and duration may contribute.
Verbatim
e0“the magnitude of the increase or decrease in time to flower differed between the two runs indicating that other factors, most likely light intensity and duration, besides node counts were affecting time to flower”
t0“Medallion Flower and Globe Amaranth”
Claim · model-written summary
Globe amaranth height at first flower decreased as transplant age increased.
- Taxon
- Globe amaranthGomphrena globosae0
- Organ / stage
- at first flowere0
- Treatment
- time from sowing to transplantinge0
- Outcome
- heighte0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Globe amaranth height and growth index and medallion flower growth index at first flower decreased as time from sowing to transplanting increased, whereas medallion flower height was not affected by time from sowing to transplanting”
Claim · model-written summary
Globe amaranth growth index at first flower decreased as transplant age increased.
- Taxon
- Globe amaranthGomphrena globosae0
- Organ / stage
- at first flowere0
- Treatment
- time from sowing to transplantinge0
- Outcome
- growth indexe0
- Direction
- decreasede0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Globe amaranth height and growth index and medallion flower growth index at first flower decreased as time from sowing to transplanting increased, whereas medallion flower height was not affected by time from sowing to transplanting”
Claim · model-written summary
medallion flower growth index at first flower decreased as transplant age increased.
Verbatim
e0“Globe amaranth height and growth index and medallion flower growth index at first flower decreased as time from sowing to transplanting increased, whereas medallion flower height was not affected by time from sowing to transplanting”
Claim · model-written summary
Medallion flower height was not affected by transplant age.
Verbatim
e0“Globe amaranth height and growth index and medallion flower growth index at first flower decreased as time from sowing to transplanting increased, whereas medallion flower height was not affected by time from sowing to transplanting”