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Control of Lateral Bud Inhibition, Flower Emergence and Dormancy in the Blackcurrant

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IN south-east England vegetative growth in the blackcurrant starts in April and ceases in July or early August, by which time shoots are about 60 cm long, bearing from twenty to thirty buds which usually start to initiate flowers from late June onwards. Normally, they do not break until the following spring.

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COZENS, I., WILKINSON, E. Control of Lateral Bud Inhibition, Flower Emergence and Dormancy in the Blackcurrant. Nature 211, 867–868 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/211867a0

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