The flowering response of coleus in relation to photoperiod and the circadian rhythm of leaf movement |
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Authors: | Halaban R |
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Institution: | Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. |
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Abstract: | The flowering response of Coleus frederici and Coleus blumei x C. frederici is dependent on the photoperiod; both plants have a critical day length of about 12 hr. The inductive phase, defined as the period when light signals inhibit floral development, started 10 hr after the onset of darkness under 4 and 8-hr photoperiods, and 8 hr after the onset of darkness under a 12-hr photoperiod. However, a fixed temporal relationship between the inductive phase and the minimum leaf position was observed for Coleus frederici. The inductive phase always started 5 hr after the minimum leaf position. This evidence supports the theory that a circadian clock participates in the time measurement process of photoperiodic floral induction. |
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