Off-Season Flower Induction of Longan with Potassium Chlorate
and Yapwattanaphun, 2001; Zee Off-season Flower Induction of Longan with et al., 1998). Inconsistent floral induction and alternate bearing in Potassium Chlorate, Sodium Chlorite, and longan productionhas been alleviated Sodium Hypochlorite by the discovery of potassium chlo rate (KC103 ) to induce off-season 1 2 flowers and fruits worldwide (Choo, Tracie K. Matsumoto ,\ Mike A. Nagao , and Bruce Mackey3 2000; Manochai et al., 2005; Nagao and Ho-a, 2000; Sabhadrabandhu ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS. Dimocarpus longan, bleach, subtropical fruit tree, and Yapwattanaphun, 2001; Yen dragon eye, Sapindaceae et al., 2001). Application of KC103 as a soil drench (10% to 20% chlorate SUMMARY. Flower induction oflongan (Dimocarpus longan) with potassiwn solution), broadcast under the can chlorate has improved the availability oflongan fruit, but potassiwn chlorate is opy (200 to 400 g/tree), foliar spray potentially explosive and often difficult to purchase, transport, and store. Previous 1 (1 to 2 g.L- ), or branch or stem reports suggested thathypochlorite enhances naturallongan flower induction. This 1 study is the first to demonstrate that cWorite- and hypochlorite- (bleach) induced injection (0.05 to 0.25 g·cm- off-season longan flowering is similar to cWorate-treated trees. Hypochlorite branch) is effective for promoting induction offlowering with bleach was likely the result ofchlorate in the bleach flowering (Manochai et al., 2005; solution. Chloratewas present in the leachate from pottedlongan trees treatedwith Yen, 2000; Yen et al., 2001). For bleach and was detected in bleach before soil application. The quantity ofchlorate optimal flowering, KC103 should be found in bleach induced flowering to the same or greater extent as equivalent applied to trees with mature leaf quantities ofpotassiwn chlorate, suggesting chlorate is an a.i.
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