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- Author or Editor: C. H. Lai x
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The juvenile phase for flowering of daylength responsive salvia, ‘Bonfire’ and ‘Red Pillar’, ended at stem node 4–6. Then to 20 short days were required for evocation and initiation of flowering. There was a quantitative short-day requirement for inflorescence development in these cultivars. Inflorescence development of day-neutral salvia, ‘St. John’s Fire’ and ‘Fireball’, was not appreciably affected by photoperiod.
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Steamed roots of promising breeding lines of sweet potato (Ipomoea batastas (L.) Lam) and cultivars were evaluated for flavor, dryness, stickiness, color, and general acceptability to determine selection criteria that influence general acceptability. The acceptability ranking of roots varied according to the nationality of the panel member. Based on the results of stepwise multiple regression analysis, it appeared that flavor and color would be good eating quality characteristics for predicting general acceptability of steamed sweet potato roots. Alcohol insoluble solids and total soluble solids after steaming contributed 85% to the variation of dryness in sweet potato roots.