Analysis of the Effect of Temperature and Daylength on flowering and Growth Characteristics of Sesame

Sesame(Sesamum indicum L.) is typically temperature and day length sensitive plant indicating that it’s flowering is promoting under high temperature and short day length condition. Sesame with indeterminate inflorescence habit accelerates flowering and maturity period under 10～12 hours of short day length condition. Generally, the effect of seeding date is mainly the combination of the effects of day length and air temperature. With the delay of seeding date, the day length during growth decreases and the duration of high temperature becomes short, although the air temperature during the early growth stage becomes higher. Here, we examined the effects of temperature and daylength on the flowering process and the related agronomic characteristics of sesame.