Abstract
Abstract Soil drenches of α-cyclopropyl-α-(p-methyxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol (ancymidol) were applied at 3 stages of Lilium longiflorum development. Under a natural photoperiod the internodes of ‘Arai’ lily shoots from vernalized bulbs were reduced by ancymidol without delay of anthesis, but 3 applications reduced flower number and resulted in weak stems. Ancymidol treatments did not delay anthesis of ‘Nellie White’ lilies from non-vernalized bulbs whose shoots were induced to flower by 8 hour long-day photoperiod extensions. However, an apparent interaction occurred between photoperiod and ancymidol as there were increased heights of ‘Nellie White’ lily shoots when treated with ancymidol.
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