Location: Subtropical Insects and Horticulture Research
Project Number: 6034-21000-018-028-T
Project Type: Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement
Start Date: May 1, 2021
End Date: Jun 30, 2022
Objective:
Identify added light and temperature treatments which optimize budbreak and growth of plants budded during November to January in the citrus nursery.
Approach:
Evaluate budbreak and growth effects from extended daylength and night interruption by supplemental lighting in the winter citrus nursery.
Evaluate budbreak and growth effects from light and temperature preconditioning in the winter citrus nursery.
Evaluate budbreak and growth effects from spectral quality and intensity in the winter citrus nursery.
