MUSK THISTLE (CARDUUS-THOERMERI) SEED PRODUCTION
MUSK THISTLE (CARDUUS-THOERMERI) SEED PRODUCTION
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DOI:
10.1017/s0043174500040935
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
MCCARTY, MK
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作者:
MCCARTY, MK
Seed production was studied near Lincoln, Nebraska [USA] for musk or nodding thistle (common names used for large-flowered species of Carduus, C. macrocephalus Desf., C. nutans L., C. thoermeri Weinm.). Four levels of seed maturity were studied from separate groups of plants with the heads harvested at the full-bloom stage, 2 days after full bloom, 4 days after full bloom and at full maturity. The 1st heads to bloom (terminal) averaged .apprx. 1000 seeds/head and the last to bloom (lateral branches near the base of the plant), .apprx. 125. Plants produced only 26 good quality seeds/plant when the heads were all clipped at the full-bloom stage, but the plants with heads allowed to go to maturity produced 3580 of the good quality seeds/plant. Plants with heads clipped at 2 and 4 days after full bloom produced 72 and 774 good quality seeds, respectively.