B.Ag.Sci. Honours (2013)
Cardinal temperatures and vernalisation requirements for a selection of vegetables for seed production (PDF 2.6 MB)
Research Overview
Rachel’s experiments quantified the vernalisation (cold) requirement and base temperatures of a range of vegetable seed crops. Crop species being investigated include: carrot, cabbage, red beet, Asian radish, Chinese cabbage, mustard, onion, pak choi, parsnip and red radish. Rachel was supervised by Dr Jeff McCormick.