Studies on the Variation of Flowering Date in Korean Ginseng Plants

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Present studies were carried out to clarify the variation of flowering date in the variants of Korean ginseng Plants. In general, the variation of flowering date of violet-stem variant was found to be mere variable as compared with that of yellow-berry variant. And flowers began to bloom earlier in yellow-berry variant than in violet-stem variant. In violet-stem variant as well as in yellow-berry variant, the flowering date of 5-year old plants was earlier than that of 3- and 4-year old plants. As for the flowering date according to the different lines, the third line was earlier than the first or the fifth line.