Rodriquz's Blog – July 2015 Archive (1)

A system for staging sweetvetch (Hedysarum boreale Nutt. [Fabaceael) through vegetative and reproductive plant development was established that corresponds with a heat unit or growing Women Nike High Heels degree day (GDD) model.

This framework designates 14 finite stages, V1 through V6 (pre-flowering or vegetative), and R1 through R8 (reproductive stages). The arrangement provides meaningful designations for management of the plant for seed production. Of 5 base temperatures tested…