Floral Inhibition in Lemna paucicostata 6746 Due to Night Interruption |
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Authors: | Oota Yukito |
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Institution: | National Institute for Basic Biology Myodaiji, Okazaki 444, Japan |
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Abstract: | The floral response to various 24-h photoperiodic cycles ofthe short-day plant, Lemna paucicostata 6746 was investigated.No day that had a main photoperiod longer than about 14 h wasable to induce flowers, evidence that the critical day lengthwas ca.14 h. Flowering in the 12-, 9- or 6-h day was inhibitedcompletely by a light pulse inserted daily in the inhibitionzone that ranged from about 14 h after the precedingdawn to about 14 h before the next dusk. In the 3- and 1-h days,only the pulse applied 14 h after the dawn completely inhibitedflowering. These results suggest that the daily night interruption prohibitedflowering only when it was linked to either the preceding orthe subsequent main photoperiod to form a skeleton photoperiodwhose length was equal to, or longer than, the critical daylength. Analysis of the floral response to skeleton schedules11:13 and 13:11 on Pittendrigh's model of the photoperiodicclock indicated that light-on circadian oscillation probablyis involved in the day length measurement.
1 Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Joji Ashida. (Received July 13, 1982; Accepted January 17, 1983) |
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