Management Technology of Bud Picking on the Fowering Period of Rhododendron lapponicum"Pink beauty"and"Red Pearl"
Two kinds of Rhododendron lapponicum"Pink beauty"and"Red Pearl"with distinctive flowers and high market potential were selected as the research objects to explore the effects of bud picking on their flowering period.The results showed that there were significant differences between the treatment and the control group in the flowering stage,which could advance the blooming stage by about 56 d,effectively prolong the blooming stage by about 5 d,extend the blooming stage for 30 d,and increase the flowering rate to 71%~93%.The flow-ering period is effectively advanced;the flowering period is prolonged and the flowering rate is improved;the flowering quality of Rhododendron lapponicum"Pink beauty"and"Red Pearl"is improved;the ornamental value is increased,which provides a new flowering management technique for two species of Rhododendron lapponicum"Pink beauty"and"Red Pearl".
Rhododendron lapponicumbud pickingilluminationtemperatureregulation of flowering time