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Photoperiodism 1
Author(s) -
Hendricks Sterling B.
Publication year - 1958
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1958.00021962005000120003x
Subject(s) - photoperiodism , etiolation , germination , biology , agronomy , botany , biochemistry , enzyme
Synopsis Forty years ago Garner and Allard discovered the control of flowering by “the relative length of day and night.” Etiolation, seed germination, and many other aspects of growth have been shown to be subject to the same control. The ways in which studies of the action of light have led to these discoveries are illustrated.