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Influence of Maturity Genes on Plant Growth in Sorghum 1
Author(s) -
Quinby J. R.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1972.0011183x001200040030x
Subject(s) - sorghum , biology , panicle , maturity (psychological) , sowing , sorghum bicolor , agronomy , sweet sorghum , horticulture , botany , psychology , developmental psychology
Eight sorghum [ Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] maturity genotypes were grown under favorable conditions at Plainview, Texas from a planting on June 6, 1969. Under the 10‐hour nights of the summer the genotypes flowered at different times and differed in leaf number and plant size. The maturity genes are known to control time of floral initiation but, in addition, appear to influence rate of growth as measured by leaf size and panicle weight.