Fwd: Nicotiana sylvestris

[Michael Vincent]

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Thank you.
M.A.Vincent



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>I would like to grow plants of Nictoiana sylvestris to flower in order to
>obtain a seed supply.  I already have a limited number of seeds.
>
>1. I know it is a long-day plant, but under greenhouse conditions,
>what is the minimum light period needed?  What is the suggested
>photoperiod to induce flowering?
>
>2. Can it grow well and flower under conituous illumination?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>John Kiss
>John Z. Kiss, Ph.D.
>Professor
>Dept. Botany, Miami Univ.
>Oxford OH 45056, USA
>tel./Fax: 513-529-5428/-4243
>http://www.muohio.edu/~botcwis/bot/jzk.html

Dr. Michael A. Vincent, Curator
W.S. Turrell Herbarium (MU)
Department of Botany
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA

TEL:  513-529-2755
FAX:  513-529-4243
Email:  Vincenma at muohio.edu