Effects of Night-break and Fertilizer Rates on Growth and Development of Cutter (<I>Symphyotrichum ericoides</I>)
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Cutter (Symphyotrichum ericoides) is an economically ornamental crops of Thailand that has been utilized as cut flower and landscape plant. This plant is generally sensitive to day-length and fertilizer. However, the research on night-break and fertilizer rates on this plant were limited. Thus, this research aimed to study on the effects of night-break 2, 3 and 4 hours and fertilizer rates 0, 1.5, 3.0 and 4.5 g / pot on growth and development of cutter (Symphyotrichum ericoides). Plants were grown under plastics greenhouse with temperature of 27 ± 2 °C, relative humidity (RH) was 70 %, and the average midday light intensity was 836.0 µmol m-2 s-1. Growth and development were recorded for 3 months. It was found that at 70 days after planting (DAP), fertilizer rate 1.5 g pot-1 treatments increased the highest average of plant height, leaf greenness index, and net photosynthesis rate. On the other hand, flower quality was the lowest when supplied with fertilizer rate 0 g pot-1 treatment. We concluded that using night break for 4 hours combined with fertilizer rate 1.5 g pot-1 gave the highest flower quality, fresh weight and dry weight of Cutter.
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