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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Flower initiation in pasture legumes. III. Flower initiation in Medicago tribuloides Desr. and other annual medics.

Y Aitken

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 6(2) 258 - 264
Published: 1955

Abstract

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.

https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9550258

© CSIRO 1955

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