
%0 Journal Article
%A Downes, RW 
%T The effect of temperature on tillering of grain sorghum seedlings
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1968/02/01
%V 19
%N 1
%P 59-64
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9680059
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9680059 
%X Seedlings of the Combine Kafir variety of grain sorghum (Sorghum vulgare Pers.) were grown under various photoperiods and at a range of temperatures in the phytotron at Canberra. Buds did not expand into tillers when the average daily temperature exceeded a threshold about 18&#176;C. Plants were stimulated to tiller if they spent a period below this threshold at the 4 or 6 leaf stage, though normally grown at a temperature higher than 18&#176;C. Genetic, physiological, and agronomic implications are discussed. 
