New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science abstracts

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Growth and development of Silphium integrifolium in the first 3 years of cultivation

Radoslaw Kowalski

Central Apparatus Laboratory
Sub-department of Instrumental Foodstuff Analysis
University of Agriculture, Lublin
ul Akademicka 13
20-950 Lublin 1, Poland
email: radko@ursus.ar.lublin.pl

Abstract   Growth and development of Silphium integrifolium during the first 3 years of cultivation were characterised. Observations focused on plant morphology, green biomass production, and dry matter content. Studies revealed that S. integrifolium is easy to cultivate and the biomass could be up to 17.8 t ha^–1 dry weight on average. Therefore, it could potentially be utilised for various purposes.

Keywords   Silphium; Silphium integrifolium; Asteraceae; growth; development; morphology

H04005; Online publication date 11 November 2004 Received 20 January 2004; accepted 7 July 2004
New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 2004, Vol. 32: 389–395
0014–0671/04/3204–0389    $7.00    © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2004

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