Light germination ofAnthoceros miyabeanus spores |
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Authors: | Kiyomi Wada Yusuke Hirabayashi Wataru Saito |
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Affiliation: | (1) Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Shizuoka University, 422 Shizuoka;(2) Present address: Kanagawa Prefectural Misaki High School, 238-02 Miura City;(3) Present address: Bioscience Research Lab., Kikkoman Co., 278 Noda City |
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Abstract: | The effects of light on the spore germination of a hornwort species,Anthoceros miyabeanus Steph., were investigated. Spores of this species were photoblastic, but their sensitivities to light quality were different. Under either continuous white, red or diffused daylight, more than 80% of the spores germinated, but under blue light none or a few of them germinated. Under continuous far-red light or in total darkness, the spores did not germinate at all.Anthoceros spores required red light irradiation for a very long duration, i.e., over 12–24 hr of red light for saturated germination. However, the spore germination showed clear photo-reversibility by repeated irradiation of red and far-red light. The germination pattern clearly varied with the light quality. There were two fundamental patterns; (1) cell mass type in white or blue light: spores divide before germination, and the sporelings divide frequently and form 1–2 rhizoids soon after germination, and (2) germ tube type in red light: spores germinate without cell division, and the single-cell sporelings elongate without cell division and rhizoid formation. |
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Keywords: | Anthoceros miyabeanus Hornwort Light germination Photomor phogenesis Spore germination |
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