Screening of Early Flowering Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) Cultivars and Effects of Different Cultivars on Flowering Period.

ABSTRACT: Flowering time is an important trait that determines the breeding process of ornamental plants. The flowering period of lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is mainly concentrated in June-August. During this period, the weather is hot and there are few tourists, which made many lotus scenic spots difficult to operate. People have a strong demand for early flowering lotus cultivars. In this paper, 30 lotus cultivars with high ornamental value were selected as materials and their phenological periods were observed for two consecutive years in 2019 and 2020. A number of cultivars with early flowering potential and stable flowering periods, such as 'Fenyanzi', 'Chengshanqiuyue', 'Xianghumingyue' and 'Wuzhilian', were screened by K-Means clustering method. The relationship between accumulate

SUBMITTER: Jiang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10140858 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature