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PHYTOCHROME AND SEED GERMINATION
Author(s) -
HOLDSWORTH M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1972.tb04816.x
Subject(s) - phytochrome , germination , red light , far red , sowing , botany , biology , horticulture
S ummary Both tobacco ‘Virginia Gold’ and Plantago hirtella seed germinate on exposure to red light. During the first day or so after sowing, the response can be stopped by a following exposure to deep‐red, indicating phytochrome action. However, the effects of successive exposures to red are additive through intervening exposures to deep‐red. Moreover, after several days in the dark, both red and deep‐red induce germination.