Open AccessMeasuring Daylength: Pharbitis Takes a Different Approach
Author(s) -
Nancy A. Eckardt
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
the plant cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.324
H-Index - 341
eISSN - 1532-298X
pISSN - 1040-4651
DOI - 10.1105/tpc.107.056713
Subject(s) - biology , pharbitis nil , photoperiodism , arabidopsis , botany , long day , day length , affect (linguistics) , horticulture , communication , gene , genetics , sociology , mutant
In many plants species, the initiation of flowering is determined by seasonal changes in daylength. Long-day (LD) plants, such as Arabidopsis , initiate flowering when daylength grows longer, whereas short-day (SD) plants, such as rice, initiate flowering under shorter days. Other cues that affect
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