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. 1979 Mar;63(3):440–443. doi: 10.1104/pp.63.3.440

Short Term Phytochrome Control of Oat Coleoptile and Pea Epicotyl Growth 1

Carl S Pike a, Alice E Richardson a, Ellen R Weiss a,2, J Marc Aynardi a,3, Jane Grushow a
PMCID: PMC542847  PMID: 16660744

Abstract

Continuous recordings of the effect of light on oat (Avena sativa L. cv. Victory) coleoptile and pea (Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska) epicotyl growth were made. Using a single excised coleoptile 10 minutes of red light was found to promote growth after a latent period of 46 minutes. The stimulation was transient and was not far red-reversible. Blue and far red light also promoted growth with similar kinetics. The action of continuous red or far red light was similar to that of 10-minute light. The growth of the intact pea third internode (as well as excised segments) was strongly inhibited by red light, with a latent period of 80 minutes. This effect was far red-reversible, and far red and blue light caused only a slight inhibition of growth.

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