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THE INFLUENCE OF IRRADIATION WITH RED LIGHT ON GEOTROPIC CURVING AND GROWTH OF DECAPITATED AVENA COLEOPTILES
Author(s) -
Huisinga B.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta botanica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.871
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1438-8677
pISSN - 0044-5983
DOI - 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1976.tb01052.x
Subject(s) - coleoptile , avena , red light , irradiation , blue light , botany , auxin , phototropism , biology , biophysics , chemistry , optics , biochemistry , physics , gene , nuclear physics
SUMMARY Irradiation with red light enhances growth and geotropic curving of decapitated Avena coleoptiles. The regeneration of a physiological tip appears to be retarded which indicates an increase of available auxin in the subapical parts of the coleoptile.