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The effect of cold treatments on the curd maturity of winter-heading cauliflowers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

D. C. E. Wurr ,
Rosemary H. Kay  and
E. J. Allen
D. C. E. Wurr
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick CF35 9EF
Rosemary H. Kay
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick CF35 9EF
E. J. Allen
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth SY23 ZDD
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Summary

In four experiments in different years, plants of four winter-heading cauliflower varieties with mean numbers of leaves and leaf initials varying from 9·5 to 16·5 were stored for periods of 14–24 days at different temperatures from 0 to 5 °C. Cold treatment tended to delay the time from sowing to 50% maturity but did not reduce the spread in the time of maturity of individual plants within a population. The reasons for this are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 97 , Issue 2 , October 1981 , pp. 421 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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