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Crop Development Related to Temperature and Photoperiod

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Base temperature:

Lower temperature threshold below which development ceases.

Epigenetics:

Genetic information other than DNA sequence information.

Phenology:

Study of the sequence of developmental stages of a plant and how it relates to climate.

Photoperiod sensitivity:

Requirement for a minimum (or maximum) day length for reproductive phase induction.

Phyllochron:

Rate of appearance of leaves on a shoot.

Phytomer:

Fundamental building block of plant canopies. A vegetative phytomer is comprised of leaf, node, internode, and axillary bud.

Prophyll:

A plant structure resembling a leaf (as a bracteole) or consisting of a modified or rudimentary leaf (as a foliar primordium).

Shoot apex:

The tip of the shoot where usually there is meristematic tissue producing new organs.

Thermal time:

Temperature response curve used to estimate development rate.

Vernalization sensitivity:

Requirement for a period of low temperatures for reproductive induction.

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    Gregory S. McMaster

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McMaster, G.S., Moragues, M. (2018). Crop Development Related to Temperature and Photoperiod. In: Meyers, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2493-6_384-3

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