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Applying chlormequat to Triticum durum: response of the crop in the absence of lodging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

C. F. Green ,
J. D. Ivins ,
B. Hunter  and
H. G. McDonald
C. F. Green
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE12 5RD
J. D. Ivins
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE12 5RD
B. Hunter
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture and Horticulture, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough LE12 5RD
H. G. McDonald
Affiliation:
Gleadthorpe Experimental Husbandry Farm, Meden Vale, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG20 9DF
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Classically the plant-growth regulator chlormequat (2-ohlorethyl trimethylammonium chloride, CCC) is applied to bread wheat crops (Triticum aestivutn L.) to shorten the basal internodes of the culm (Koranteng & Matthews, 1982) and thus prevent lodging (Cyanamid, 1966). Further, yield variations in cereal crops can be induced by chlormequat application in the absence of lodging. These effects may result from a manipulation of growth (e.g. barley: Koranteng & Matthews, 1982; wheat: Wunsche, 1971; triticale: Hankins, 1975) or development (e.g. barley: Wunsche, 1972; wheat: Harris, 1978; triticale: Green & McDonald, 1985).

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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , June 1986 , pp. 625 - 628
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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