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Atherton, J. G.; Harris, G. P.

doi:10.1007/978-94-009-3137-4_4

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“…The rate of crop development was stated to govern crop duration, which is of considerable importance in determining crop yields (ellis et al 1990). On the other hand, studies on a number of crops have shown that low light also considerably delays time to flowering, e.g., Atherton & Othman (1983), Atherton & Harris (1986), and Cockshull et al (1992). It was also reported that temperature affects times from sowing to flowering in three distinct ways: (1) there may be a specific cold-temperature hastening of flowering; (2) over a wide range of temperatures, time to first flowering declines with increasing temperature to an optimum at which flowering is most rapid; and (3) at supra-optimal (stressful) temperatures, flowering is progressively delayed as temperature gets warmer (Roberts et al 1985).…”

Section: Days To First Flowering (Fd)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…2). Atherton & Harris (1986) stated that the ability of plants to maintain normal development of the flower buds appears to be clearly related to the availability of assimilates. In winter, when assimilation rates are low, flower bud development is often poor.…”

Section: Flower Bud Number/plant (Fbn/p)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…High light intensities were reported to result in higher fresh weight in tomato than lower ones (Doaris et al 1991;Pearson 1992;DeKoning 1994). Atherton & Harris (1986), Cockshull et al (1992), Pearson (1992), andDeKoning (1994) reported that there was a curvilinear relationship between final fruit weight in tomato and temperature. They also reported that different plant processes have different temperature optima and the interaction between these processes can also result in changed optima.…”

Section: Mean Fresh Fruit Weight (Mffw G)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is because increasing temperatures generally shorten the duration for growth relatively more than it increases the rate of growth. Furthermore, high temperatures reduce the proportion of dry matter allocated to the components of crop yield (Monteith 1981;Atherton & Harris 1986;Fitter & Hay 1987;ellis et al 1990). …”

Section: Fruit Growth Period (Fgp Days)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Fruit yield is expected to be high if a large portion of assimilate is distributed to the fruit, conversely, vegetative growth will be low under these conditions (Atherton & Othman 1983;Atherton & Harris 1986;DeKoning 1994;Heuvelink & Bertin 1994).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effect of light and temperature on the phenology and maturation of the fruit of eggplant (Solanum melongena) grown in greenhouses

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2007

New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science

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This study aimed to determine relationships for the effect of light (between 3 and 7 MJ/m 2 per day) and temperature (between 12°C and 28°C) on some developmental and fruiting parameters such as days to first flowering (FD, days), flower bud number/plant (FBN/P), fruit number/plant (FN/P), mean fresh fruit weight/plant (MFFW/P, g), fruit growth period (FGP, days), and total yield/plant (TY/P, g) of eggplant (Solanum melongena) grown in greenhouses. All parameters except days to flowering and fruit growth period showed a sharp curvilinear response to temperature at all light intensities, with lower values either side of an optimum temperature. Days to flowering showed little response to temperature at 7 MJ/m 2 per day of light but decreased with temperature at 3 MJ/m 2 per day. Optimum temperature for each attribute increased with increasing light intensity except for flower bud number. FD, FN/P, and TY/P showed a slight curvilinear response to light intensity at all temperatures except that days to flowering and fruit number per plant showed a sharp curvilinear decline at higher temperatures. FBN/P and MFFW/P showed a sharp linear response to light intensity at lower temperatures and a slight curvilinear response at higher temperatures. At all temperatures, FGP was a sharp linear function of light intensity. The derived relationships provide the potential for optimising growth and fruiting of eggplant in greenhouses, but need to be validated under commercial conditions.

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