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Gibberellic-acid causes flowering in the short-day plants Panicum miliaceum L., P. miliare lamk., and Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.

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Treatment with gibberellic acid (GA3) causes formation of flowers in Panicum ciliaceum and Panicum miliare, two short-day plants, under long days (continuous light), and hastens the emergence of ears in Setaria italica, a quantitative short-day plant, under both inductive and non-inductive photoperiods. The GA3-induced inflorescences, however, remain short and bear only few spikelets; in the two Panicum species, the spikelets also remain sterile.

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  1. Department of Botany, Panjab University, 160014, Chandigarh, India

    Surinder Kumar, K. S. Datta & K. K. Nanda

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Kumar, S., Datta, K.S. & Nanda, K.K. Gibberellic-acid causes flowering in the short-day plants Panicum miliaceum L., P. miliare lamk., and Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.. Planta 134, 95–96 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390101

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