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V A Deregibus1, R A Sanchez, J J Casal
1Department of Ecology, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, (1417) Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Plant Physiology
|July 1, 1983
Abstract:
Variations in phytochrome status in grasses were provoked by end of day red and far-red treatments and above canopy irradiations. Lolium perenne L. and Lolium multiflorum Lam. plants developed more tillers when illuminated with higher red/far-red ratios. These results show that branching of grasses is controlled by phytochrome activity in a way similar to that in dicotyledon plants.
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