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1Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199.
Abstract:
Dose response curves were determined for phytochrome phototransformation and for a phytochrome-controlled decrease in geotropic curvature in epicotyls of dark-grown Pisum sativum L. cv. Alaska. Ten times as much light was required to produce a spectrophotometrically detectable transformation of phytochrome as was required to produce a significant change in the geotropic response. The red light energy required for a 50% phytochrome transformation caused a 90% change in the physiological response.
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