Cultivation of Sternbergia fischeriana (Herbert) rupr., and a study on its morphological characteristics

Abstract

Bulbs of Sternbergia fischeriana collected from the village Taşlica of the province of Marmaris in the first weeks of March, April and May 1998 were planted after separating them into 4 groups based on size with three replications each at the experimental farms of the Department of Field Crops, Faculty of the Agriculture, University of Ankara, Turkey during 1998-2000. Percentage of emerging plants, percentage of flowering plants, percentage of plants setting fruits, number of leaves per plant and the plant height showed a range of 60.00-96.67 %, 0-13.69 %, 0-7.50 %, 2.36-3.86 % and 12.61-17.69 cm during 1999 and 60.00-100.00 %, 33.60-96.97 %, 5.90-42.60 %, 5.00-11.33 and 15.14-19.23 cm during 2000, respectively.