Table 2 The effect on time to flowering for all genotypes grown under long days (LD) after transferring from short days (SD) to LD (1–6) or LD to SD (1′-6′) environments

0 (LD CK)

53.2 ^E

52.0 ^DE

54.9 ^H

50.8 ^F

1

54.3 ^E

50.2 ^E

54.7 ^H

50.6 ^F

2

56.2 ^DE

55.0 ^CDE

56.4 ^GH

51.8 ^F

3

60.9 ^CDE

55.1 ^CDE

60.5 ^FGH

55.9 ^EF

4

63.3 ^BCDE

57.5 ^CDE

64.6 ^EFG

58.5 ^CDE

5

66.7 ^BCD

62.4 ^ABC

66.3 ^EF

64.3 ^BC

6

69.6 ^BC

65.4 ^AB

69.8 ^CDE

62.8 ^C

0′ (SD CK)

81.3 ^A

66.4 ^AB

83.2 ^AB

75.1 ^A

1′

80.7 ^A

69.9 ^A

87.8 ^A

74.3 ^A

2′

72.8 ^AB

67.4 ^A

80.7 ^ABC

69.8 ^AB

3′

67.6 ^BC

59.4 ^BCD

76.3 ^BCD

61.8 ^CD

4′

62.2 ^BCDE

52.7 ^DE

72.1 ^CDE

52.6 ^EF

5′

56.3 ^DE

52.1 ^DE

59.0 ^FGH

51.6 ^F

6′

56.6 ^DE

51.8 ^DE

53.8 ^H

50.3 ^F

Transfer

Royal

RE1

RE2

RE3

0 (LD CK)

51.7 ^FG

41.9 ^DE

35.2 ^EFG

37.9 ^F

1

51.0 ^G

44.0 ^CDE

35.1 ^EFG

40.7 ^DEF

2

55.3 ^EFG

43.3 ^CDE

38.1 ^BCDE

42.5 ^CDE

3

56.8 ^EFG

50.2 ^ABC

39.5 ^ABCD

46.7 ^ABC

4

59.0 ^DEF

49.8 ^ABC

40.4 ^ABC

49.1 ^A

5

62.6 ^CDE

53.1 ^A

40.8 ^AB

50.2 ^A

6

66.0 ^CD

53.7 ^A

41.9 ^A

48.8 ^A

0′ (SD CK)

77.8 ^A

51.7 ^AB

41.6 ^A

50.8 ^A

1′

78.6 ^A

54.5 ^A

38.3 ^BCD

48.2 ^AB

2′

73.5 ^AB

48.6 ^ABCD

37.4 ^CDEF

43.9 ^BCD

3′

67.3 ^BC

43.3 ^CDE

36.5 ^DEFG

40.8 ^DEF

4′

56.8 ^EFG

45.2 ^BCDE

35.1 ^EFG

38.1 ^EF

5′

52.9 ^FG

42. ^ADE3

33.9 ^G

39.6 ^DEF

6′

50.7 ^G

40.7 ^E

35.0 ^FG

40.8 ^DEF