@Article{phyton.2014.83.167,
AUTHOR = {Bouzo CA, JC Favaro},
TITLE = {Comparison of heat-unit methods to predict tomato anthesis},
JOURNAL = {Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany},
VOLUME = {83},
YEAR = {2014},
NUMBER = {all},
PAGES = {167--170},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/phyton/v83nall/37093},
ISSN = {1851-5657},
ABSTRACT = {The aim of this work was to compare methods to predict the time of anthesis in tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.). Two independent experiments were carried out using seeds of the Tauro commercial hybrid. Daily maximum and minimum air temperatures were measured by means of an electronic thermometer with data storage; the photoperiod was calculated using a mathematical procedure. The moment at which each inflorescence presented 50% of its flowers in anthesis was recorded. The use of calendar days (CD) had a high dispersion, which was measured with a variation coefficient (VC) higher than 3.70% for all inflorescences. The method that considered both a base temperature and the photoperiod allowed the highest prediction uniformity for the conditions of this assay, since its VC was lower than 0.30%.},
DOI = {10.32604/phyton.2014.83.167}
}