Vol. 69 No: 5

Title:
Flowering in Pyrethrum (Tanacetum Cinerariaefolium L.). I. Environmental Requirements

Authors:
P.H. BROWN and R.C. MENARY

pp: 877-884

Abstract:
Floral evocation in pyrethrum (Tanacetum cinerariaefolium) is stimulated by a period of vernalization. Night temperatures of 6°C and 12°C for two weeks and three weeks, respectively, promote rapid inflorescence initiation and development. A night temperature of 18°C does not satisfy the vernalization requirement. Longer periods of vernalization stimulate more rapid inflorescence initiation and development and result in a larger number of inflorescences being initiated. The vernalization stimulus may be modified by the daily light integral. Both inflorescence initiation and inflorescence development are promoted by long days. The number of leaves formed before flower bud initiation is not affected by daylength. Night-break lighting does not promote flowering. It is suggested that the stimulatory effect of long days may be in supplying photosynthetic assimilates to the developing meristems. Floral development is retarded by low photon flux density conditions regardless of day temperature. High day temperatures (25°C) combined with low photon flux (350 µmol m^-2 s^-1 or less) prevented pyrethrum from flowering in otherwise inductive conditions.

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