About Lesson
- It has a great application in hybridization programme.
- Useful for successive cultivation of agricultural crops.
- The yield of tubers, bulbs, rhizomes, corms can be increased by the knowledge of photoperiodism.
- The vegetable can be made to remain vegetative for longer periods and annuals can be growth 2-3 times a year.
- Long day photoperiodic induction influences stolen formation in strawberries.
- Short day photoperiodic induction help in production of winter buds , thickening of radish, carrot, dahlia
- Winter dormancy and autumn leaf fall can be prevented by increasing photoperiodic hours.
- It serves to stimulate the development of fruit color, flower and fruit formation throughout the year.
- Physiological preconditioning activities can be induced by the treatment of photoperiods.
- It probably may be of direct importance in the synthesis of food materials as well as hormones which are almost essential for better growth and development of crops.
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