Publication Date
1989
Description
The balance of a white clover-grass mixture mostly depends on the morphogenesis of white clover under conditions of competition for light (Beinhart, 1963 ; Gastal et al., 1986). Within the recent years, emphasis has been placed on the role of phytochrome as a shade sensor and as a controlling system for the morphogenesis of light-grown higher plants (Morgan and Smith, 1979). To our knowledge there is only one report on white clover photomorphogenesis available in the literature. This work (Solangarrachchi and Harper, 1987) deals with the effect of chlorophyllian shade on morphogenesis and the effects obtained are sometimes contradictory within the different experiments. Therefore the objective of this work is to study in more details the phytochrome controlled reactions in white clover morphogenesis.
Citation
Varlet-Grancher, C; Moulia, B; and Jacques, R, "Phytochrome Mediated Effects on White Clover Morphogenesis" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 73.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session1/73
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Phytochrome Mediated Effects on White Clover Morphogenesis
The balance of a white clover-grass mixture mostly depends on the morphogenesis of white clover under conditions of competition for light (Beinhart, 1963 ; Gastal et al., 1986). Within the recent years, emphasis has been placed on the role of phytochrome as a shade sensor and as a controlling system for the morphogenesis of light-grown higher plants (Morgan and Smith, 1979). To our knowledge there is only one report on white clover photomorphogenesis available in the literature. This work (Solangarrachchi and Harper, 1987) deals with the effect of chlorophyllian shade on morphogenesis and the effects obtained are sometimes contradictory within the different experiments. Therefore the objective of this work is to study in more details the phytochrome controlled reactions in white clover morphogenesis.
