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Growth Phases in Plants and their Bearing on Agronomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

G. Watts Padwick
G. Watts Padwick
Affiliation:
Previously of Plant Protection Ltd, Fernhurst, Haslemere, Surrey, England, and ICI, America†
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Summary

Future research in agronomy will doubtless lay stress on the efficient use of inputs by applying them during the most appropriate development phases of the plant, and by modifying those phases, which in some cases can now be well defined. The plant can often be influenced or stimulated well before the effect commences, storing the stimulus for the future, and the terms ‘Receptive Phase’ and ‘Responsive Phase’ are proposed to describe these stages. To apply research most effectively, receptive phases should be delimited and linked with responsive phases in a way convenient for the agronomist. Schematic diagrams can be prepared relating growth phases to field appearance, as is illustrated by examples based on cotton, rice, maize and apple.

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Experimental Agriculture , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 1979 , pp. 15 - 26
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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