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Relation of Temperature and Time of Day of Pollination to Seed Set in Oat Crossing 1
Author(s) -
Coffman Franklin A.,
Stevens Harland
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1951.00021962004300100007x
Subject(s) - division (mathematics) , relation (database) , fruit set , set (abstract data type) , pollination , horticulture , biology , computer science , mathematics , botany , arithmetic , pollen , database , programming language
I A PREVIOUS paper it was pointed out that at Aberdeen, Idaho, oats flower most profusely in midafternoon. It was concluded that "The most favorable time of day for crossing oats at Aberdeen is between 2 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, at which time blooming is at the maximum." Crossing operations performed at other times of the day usually were less successful. Also, the highest seed sets in oat crossing operations were obtained on days when maximum tempera-