Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.
short-day plant — noun (botany) One that will flower only if the daily period of light is shorter than some critical length (cf ↑day neutral plant, ↑long day plant) • • • Main Entry: ↑short * * * short day plant «SHRT DAY», a plant that blooms only when its daily… … Useful english dictionary
Short day plant — A short day plant is a plant that cannot flower under the long days of summer. Short day plants typically flower in the fall of the year. These plants require a certain number of hours of darkness in each 24 hour period (a short daylength) before … Wikipedia
short-day plant — trumpadienis augalas statusas T sritis augalininkystė apibrėžtis Augalas, kurio normaliam augimui ir raidai reikia trumpos dienos. atitikmenys: angl. short day plant rus. растение короткого дня … Žemės ūkio augalų selekcijos ir sėklininkystės terminų žodynas
short-day plant — /ˈʃɔt deɪ plænt/ (say shawt day plant) noun a plant which requires a comparatively long period of darkness in a 24 hour period to initiate flowering; typically flowering in late summer or autumn as the nights lengthen and the daylight hours… …
long-day plant — /ˈlɒŋ deɪ plænt/ (say long day plant) noun a plant which requires a comparatively short period of darkness in a 24 hour period to initiate flowering, typically flowering in late spring or early summer as the length of the nights shortens and… …
long-day plant — Plants requiring a period of short nights before the switch from vegetative to reproductive growth can be initiated. See: short day plant … Glossary of Biotechnology
long-day plant — noun A plant that will only flower after being exposed to conditions of long days and short nights • • • Main Entry: ↑long * * * long day plant «LNG DAY, LONG », a plant that flowers only when exposed to light for a relatively long period of time … Useful english dictionary
short-day — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : responding to a short photoperiod used especially of a plant * * * /shawrt day /, adj. Bot. requiring a short photoperiod. [1915 20] * * * adj. [attrib.] (of a plant) needing a daily period of darkness of more than a… … Useful english dictionary
short-day — adjective Date: 1920 responding to or relating to a short photoperiod used especially of a plant; compare day neutral, long day … New Collegiate Dictionary
short-day — adjective (of a plant) needing a relatively long daily period of darkness to initiate flowering … English new terms dictionary
