Botany
Only listed as cultivated (GRIN).
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Geranium - Spring 2005 |
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Flower Color, Plot Development Over Time, Data and Comments |
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Data and pictures will be added as time allows. |
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Vinca |
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Vinca |
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Botany |
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| Family: | Geraniaceae |
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| Scientific names: | Pelargonium ×hortorum L. H. Bailey [The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)]. | ||
| Common names: | Bedding geranium, fish geranium, horseshoe geranium, house geranium, zonal geranium and zonal pelargonium (GRIN). | ||
| Native habitat: |
Only listed as cultivated (GRIN). |
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| Common plant arthropods (insects/other)/other: | Reported arthropod symptoms in literature: Aphids, four-lined plant bug, whitefly. Other reported arthropods: tobacco budworm [Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae); twospotted spider mite [Tetranychus urticae Koch (Arachnida: Acari: Tetranychidae)]; cyclamen mite [Phytonemus pallidus (Banks) (Arachnida: Acarina: Tarsonemidae)], corn earworm [Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)] (Featured Creatures. University of Florida.). | ||
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| Common plant diseases/other: | Reported disease symptoms in literature: Alternaria alternaria leaf spot; Botrytis cineria gray mold, Pseudomonas cichorii bacterial leaf spot, Xanthomonas campestris pv. pelargonii, bacterial leaf spot, stem rot, Fusarium sp; Phytophthora sp., root rot; Pythium spp., black leg, stem rot; and Sclerotinium sp., stem rot. Other diseases identified on crop: Bipolaris maydis leaf spot, petal spot; Cercospora brunkii, leafspot; Colletotrichum sp., leaf spot; Cylindrocladium scoparium, leaf and flower spot; Drechslera setariae, leaf spot and petal spot; Erwinia carotovora, bacterial leaf spot. Glomerella sp., stem rot; Phyllosticta sp., leaf spot; Puccinia peargonii-zonalis, rust; plant viruses: crinkle virus, cucumber mosaic virus, tobacco ringspot virus and tomato ringspot virus; Physiological: edema (Index of Plant Diseases in Florida. 1984. Division of Plant industry. Bulletin 11). | ||
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| Commercial control: | Greenhouse. | Feld/shade house. | |
| Arthropod information: | Pests identified on crops. | Florida pest facts and images. | |
| Disease information: | Plant Disease Facts (Pennsylvania State University) | The American Phytopathological Society | |
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| Performance evaluations: | Trial reports and other publications. | ||
| More resources: | Additional information. | ||
| Honors: | Best-of-class (BC). We select the best performer in each class, based on the "overall performance rating". This rating may not be high, if the class does not perform well (indicating a possible need for improvement in the class). The rating may be significantly different from one or more members of the class. If two or more members of a class received the same highest overall performance rating, we used another rating (such as overall foliage/flower rating or flower average rating) to determine BC. If only one cultivar was entered in a class, it automatically becomes uncontested BC. BC is evaluated in future trials against the performance of new entries in the same class. Refer to a report in "Articles, Papers & Reports" for detailed information. In addition to BC, other "honors" received for these cultivars may be added to BC at a later date, time permitting. Seed companies may forward these honors (awards) to Rick Kelly. |
| Rating System: | The rating is a 1 to 7 scale: 7- all foliage and flowers free from defects; 4- average foliage and flower condition, minimal plant defects or pest damage to tissue, but still acceptable; 1- foliage and/or flowers with severe defects and/or severely infested with pests and damage unacceptable, making plant undesirable. Plant death due to soilborne pests may be factored into the overall performance rating, if it is a significant problem. Refer to a report in "Articles, Papers & Reports" for details. If listed, ratings with an "a" are the best in a class. If cultivars share the same letters, those ratings are considered to be similar to each other. If there are no letters, there is only one cultivar in a class or all the members of a class have similar ratings. |
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Winter |
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Winter |
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Orange Class |
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18 June (week 171) | 3 July (week 19) | 15 July (week 21 ) | ||||
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'Maverick Orange' |
Plot A Sprayed Field
Plot C Sprayed Field |
Plot B Sprayed Field
Plot C Sprayed Field |
Plot B Sprayed Field
Plot C Sprayed Field |
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Seed Sowing Date |
Flower Diameter |
Days to First Flower2 |
Overall Foliage/Flower Rating3 |
Overall Pest Rating4 |
Overall Performance Rating5 |
| 2/18/05 | 3.4 cm (1.3 inches) | 77 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| Honors: Undetermined. Cultivars will be reevaluated in winter 2005-06 trial. |
| Comments: New entry in 2005. This crop performs better in winter/early spring trials. In general, performance was not good. We will reevaluate in winter/early spring 2005-2006. |
| Details of performance for this cultivar will be posted on the web in "Articles, Papers & Reports" at the completion of this trial. These details will include ratings over the entire season and pest problems. |
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Orange Class |
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Picture date: |
18 June (week 171) | 3 July (week 19) | 15 July (week 21 ) | ||||
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'Orange Appeal' |
Plot A Sprayed Field
Plot C Sprayed Field |
Plot B Sprayed Field
Plot C Sprayed Field |
Plot B Sprayed Field
Plot C Sprayed Field |
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Seed Sowing Date |
Flower Diameter |
Days to First Flower2 |
Overall Foliage/Flower Rating3 |
Overall Pest Rating4 |
Overall Performance Rating5 |
| 2/18/05 | 3.2 cm (1.3 inches) | 121 | 2.1 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| Honors: Undetermined. |
| Comments: Best-of-class established in winter 2002-2003. This crop performs better in winter/early spring trials. In general, performance was not good. We will reevaluate in winter/early spring 2005-2006. |
| Details of performance for this cultivar will be posted on the web in "Articles, Papers & Reports" at the completion of this trial. These details will include ratings over the entire season and pest problems. |
| ROK |
| 1. The number of weeks from seed sowing to the date the plant was photographed. Photographs were taken in a field sprayed on demand as needed, after scouting for pests, and a field that is not sprayed at all. |
| 2. Average number of days from sowing to unfurling of the first flower in the plots. |
| 3. The average of the combined foliage and flower data in the sprayed field as an expression of cultivar quality; rating scale: 1 = poor to 7 = excellent (details above). |
| 4. The average of the combined foliage and flower data in the unsprayed field as an expression of arthropod and disease symptoms; rating scale: 1 = poor to 7 = excellent (details above). |
| 5. The average of the combined overall foliage/flower rating and overall pest rating; rating scale: 1 = poor to 7 = excellent (details above). If plant death from a soilborne pathogen resulted, this was factored into the rating. See Articles, Papers & Reports for further explanation in the reports. |
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