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Phytochrome A-mediated inhibition of seed germination in tomato.
Planta - 1 Sept 2001
Shichijo C, Katada K, Tanaka O, Hashimoto T
Abstract excerpt
Far-red light (FR) inhibition of seed germination of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) was studied with the phytochrome (phy)-hypersensitive mutants, hp-1w, hp-1w,fri1, a phyA-deficient double mutant, and hp-1w,tri1, a phyB1-deficient double mutant. Seeds of all mutants germinated readily in the dark at 25 degrees C, and the germination was retarded by a single 100-s FR pulse given 1-3 h after sowing. The effect...
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