
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Aitken, Y 
T1  - Flower initiation in pasture legumes.  III. Flower initiation in <I>Medicago tribuloides</I> Desr. and other annual medics.
JF  - Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
JO  - Aust. J.  Agric. Res.
Y1  - 1955
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SP  - 258
EP  - 264
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9550258 
N2  - Observations on barrel medic (Medicago tribuloides Desr., commercial variety) sown throughout the year in the field showed that the flower initiation of the winter sowings was the most rapid and that of the late summer sowings the most delayed. This delay was due to the absence of sufficiently low temperature following germination. Low temperature and long photoperiod accelerate flower initiation in barrel medic as in subterranean clover. Five types of annual medic that persist under Mallee conditions are similar in their flower initiation character to that of the "second-early" varieties of subterranean clover. 
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