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Plant Husbandry and Management Techniques for Growing Grain Legumes Under Simulated Tropical Conditions in Controlled Environments*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. J. Summerfield ,
P. A. Huxley  and
F. R. Minchin
R. J. Summerfield
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading
P. A. Huxley
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading
F. R. Minchin
Affiliation:
University of Reading, Department of Agriculture and Horticulture Plant Environment Laboratory, Shinfield, Reading
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Summary

Practical solutions are described to problems incurred in growing cultivars of cowpea, soyabean, lima bean and pigeon pea under simulated tropical conditions in controlled environments, namely (a) ‘Saxcil’ growth cabinets in which daylength, day and night temperatures, light intensity and quality, relative humidity and CO2, concentration are precisely controlled and can be varied over time; (b) compartmentalized glasshouses and adjoining dark compartments where daylength, and day and night temperatures are automatically controlled and night-break illumination can be provided, and (c) heated plastic film houses in which daylength-insensitive tropical legumes can be grown to maturity during the UK summer months since the environment of the wet tropics can be simulated in all respects other than daylength.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 81 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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