short-day

Definitions

adjective Of, relating to, or being a plant that flowers only when the duration of daylight is less than a certain amount, as in early spring or fall.

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word short-day.

Gardeners get hung up on whether to grow long-day, short-day or day-neutral varieties, bred to grow in relation to the amount of daylight they get as they mature.

Groundwork: The dirt on onions 2010
For example, short-day plants require or flower best in short days.

1: Basics of agricultural development 1996
Daylength Pearl millet is usually a short-day plant (see next chapter), but some varieties are daylength neutral.

4. Pearl Millet 1996
Some obstacles to introduction into new areas include disease problems (in climates where it is not adapted), sensitivity to some salty soils of semi-arid zones, poor productivity in humid regions, tendency toward short-day flowering, frost damage

3: Staple crops 1996
Daylength Although many cultivars are insensitive to photoperiod, sorghum is basically a short-day species.

7. Sorghum 1996
Daylength Finger millet is a short-day plant, a 12-hour photoperiod being optimum for the best-known types.

2. Finger Millet 1996
Depending on the variety, some plants, like soybean, can either be short-day, long-day or dayneutral.

Chapter 5 1993
It is a short-day plant, flowering when day lengths are less than 12 hours.

Chapter 9 1993
Roselle is a short-day plant, flowering when day lengths are less than 12 I/2 hours.

Chapter 9 1993
In the Philippines, short-day periods occur during the months of.

Chapter 5 1993