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Controlled Environments as an Adjunct to Field Research on Lentils (Lens culinaris). V. Cultivar Responses to Above- and Below-average Temperatures during the Reproductive Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. J. Summerfield ,
F. J. Muehlbauer  and
R. W. Short
R. J. Summerfield
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture, Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield Grange, Cutbush Lane, Shinfield, Reading, RG2 9AD, England
F. J. Muehlbauer
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS, Legume Genetics and Physiology Research, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
R. W. Short
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS, Legume Genetics and Physiology Research, 215 Johnson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Summary

Nodulated plants of three USA cultivars of lentil (Lens culinaris) were grown in controlled environment cabinets. They were given either 20 or 80 ppm inorganic nitrogen and experienced a mean temperature of 12.3° C during the vegetative period, i.e. until 73–77 days after sowing. Factorial combinations of above- (29°/11° C) and below-average (23°/8° C) day/night temperatures were then imposed, to give four mean temperatures within the range of 16.6° to 21.1° C until reproductive maturity. Post-flowering vegetative dry-matter production and seed yields were dominated by treatment effects on the initiation and growth of branches. Warmer temperatures accelerated progress towards maturity, limited branching and restricted dry-matter production; at a mean temperature of 20° C plants were almost barren. The implications of these and previous data to lentil crop production and to the use of controlled environments in lentil breeding programmes are discussed.

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Research Article
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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1989 , pp. 327 - 341
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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