Light Requirements for Photoperiodic Sensitivity in Cotyledons of Dark-grown Pharbitis nil.

Autor: FRIEND, D. J. C.
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Zdroj: Physiologia Plantarum; 1975, Vol. 35 Issue 4, p286-296, 11p
Abstrakt: The light requirements for induction of flowering by a long dark period were investigated in dark-grown seedlings of Pharbitis nil Chois. cv, Violet. The cotyledons became photo-periodically sensitive to a 24 h dark period by two 1 min red irradiations (6.3 µmol m-2; s-1) separated by a 24 h dark period. The reversibility of the effect of brief red irradiations, and the effectiveness of low energies of red irradiation suggest the involvement of phytochrome in the induction of photoperiodic sensitivity. Partial de-etiolation occurred after these brief periods of red irradiation but the seedlings were not capable of net CO2 uptake even 7 h after the start of the main light period that followed the critical dark period. A changing response to the duration of the period of darkness given between the two short red irradiations showed that the correct phasing of an endogenous photoperiodic rhythm is needed for the attainment of photoperiodic sensitivity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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