THE GROWTH OF EUPHRASIA IN CULTIVATION
THE GROWTH OF EUPHRASIA IN CULTIVATION
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栽培中的大戟的生长
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1964
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P. Yeo
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P. Yeo
Previous workers found that Euphrasia could be brought to maturity in cultivation whether supplied with a host-plant or not (though better growth was obtained with a host than without), and found also that a wide variety of annual and perennial herbs could act as hosts. The present paper describes chiefly cultures in clay pots, into which the Euphrasias were transplanted as seedlings. Usually growth was better when a host was provided than when it was not, but growth without a host was better than that obtained by previous workers. The development of some plants without a host was much affected by a difference of soil composi tion. A spurt of growth some weeks after planting with a host was taken to indicate parasitic establishment on the host, and the shorter the distance between the Euphrasia and its host the sooner establishment occurred. Euphrasias grown with certain Leguminosae were particularly vigorous and showed symptoms of a good nitrogen supply. Some severely retarded Euphrasia plants were probably being parasitized by their neighbours. Euphrasias sometimes flowered very early, beginning at a very low node; this appeared to be caused by unusually high temperatures. The early-flowering species were particularly frequently affected in this way, which made it difficult to raise normal plants of these species. Deaths of young Euphrasia plants took place chiefly in cold, dull weather, but were reduced by watering sparingly. Cultures of various Euphrasia species with various hosts showed that certain hosts were good, and that others were bad or probably bad. There were indications of a difference between E. pseudokerneri and E. anglica in their growth on the same hosts. Different populations of the same Euphrasia species sometimes differed in their host-reactions. The host affected percentage establishment, mortality and vigour of the Euphrasias. For cultivation in the open ground Euphrasia plants and hosts were planted in bituminized paper pots, which were embedded in the ground. Very vigorous growth was obtained in this way, using Plantago lanceo/ata as a host-plant. The parasitic habit is probably not responsible for the taxonomic complexity of Euphrasia, but may be connected with its gregariousness in nature. PREVIOUS WORK