HYBRID LILY RESPONSE TO VARIOUS METHODS OF ANCYMIDOL APPLICATION

Commercially produced precooled bulbs of Lilium ‘Gold Nugget’ were treated with ancymidol [a-cyclopropyl-a-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol] at 0.25, 0.50 and 1.0 mg active ingredient (a.i.) per bulb as a bulb-dip prior to planting, as a soil drench at planting, and as a soil drench when shoots were 2–3 cm in length.
Preplant dips were more effective than drenches in reducing final plant height.
Flower number and flower date were not significantly different among rates or methods of application.

Symposium on the Development of New Floricultural Crops, XXII IHC

A.J. Lewis, D.A. Gilbertz

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1987.205.35