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Application of Double Sigmoid Logistic Models to the Growth of Three Cut Rose Varieties
Aplicación de modelos logísticos doble sigmoide en el crecimiento de tres variedades de rosa de corte
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https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.116421Keywords:
thermal time, Rosaceae, floral button, SPAD, flowers, phenology (en)tiempo térmico, Rosaceae, botón floral, SPAD, flores, fenología (es)
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The rose is a flower with widespread acceptance worldwide, and Colombia successfully produces rose stems for cutting due to its multiple favorable microclimates. However, meeting international market quality standards requires a rigorous cultivation program and growth models are a novel tool that allows for a more precise definition of phenological stages. The application of double sigmoid logistic models was evaluated in the growth of three varieties of cut roses ‘Freedom,’ ‘Pink Floyd,’ and ‘Mondial’ cultivated in soil under plastic cover conditions. A completely randomized design was implemented with three treatments corresponding to the three varieties. The Mondial, Pink Floyd, and Freedom varieties require 84.1, 82.6, and 77.4 days, to develop the floral button, thus requiring different amounts of thermal time to reach each phenological stage. Total chlorophyll content showed an upward trend until the end of the harvest cycle, reaching values of 64.7, 65.5, and 71.8 for the Mondial, Pink Floyd, and Freedom varieties, respectively. The earliest variety was Freedom, which needed only 1134 growth degree days (GDD), while the latest variety was Mondial, with 1233 CGDD. The Freedom variety had the highest floral button diameter and floral button length values. The increase in the diameter and length of the floral button followed a simple sigmoid pattern, while the stem diameter followed a double sigmoid pattern.
Las rosas son flores con amplia aceptación a nivel mundial. Colombia produce con éxito tallos de rosa para corte gracias a sus múltiples microclimas favorables. Sin embargo, cumplir con los estándares de calidad del mercado internacional requiere un programa de cultivo riguroso, para lo cual los modelos de crecimiento constituyen una herramienta novedosa que permite definir las etapas fenológicas con mayor precisión. En este trabajo se evaluó la aplicación de modelos logísticos de doble sigmoide respecto al crecimiento de tres variedades de rosa de corte, i.e., Freedom, Pink Floyd y Mondial, las cuales fueron cultivadas en suelo bajo cobertura plástica. Se implementó un diseño completamente al azar, con tres tratamientos correspondientes a las tres variedades. Respectivamente, Mondial, Pink Floyd y Freedom requirieron 84.1, 82.6 y 77.4 días para el desarrollo del botón floral, así como diferentes tiempos térmicos para alcanzar cada etapa fenológica. El contenido total de clorofila aumentó hasta el final del ciclo de cosecha, alcanzando valores de 64.7, 65.5 y 71.8 para Mondial, Pink Floyd y Freedom. La variedad más temprana fue esta última, que requirió únicamente 1134 grados-día de crecimiento, mientras que la más tardía fue Mondial con 1233. La variedad Freedom presentó los mayores valores de diámetro y longitud del botón floral. El incremento en el diámetro y la longitud del botón floral siguió un patrón sigmoide simple. Entretanto, el diámetro del tallo se ajustó a un patrón sigmoide doble.
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