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Publication Date
1997
Location
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Description
This report examined results from four similarly conducted experiments using Trifolium repens in which the R:FR ratio but not the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) of incident light was altered at specific organ(s) of several successive phytomers or just at a single phytomer. Results indicate the local response to lowered R:FR light treatment was similar irrespective of the number of phytomers treated. This response pattern provides the means whereby plants can initiate strong localised responses to a heterogeneous light environment.
Citation
Hay, M J.M; Robin, Ch; Newton, P C.D; Cresswell, A; and Tilbrook, J, "Effect of Lowered Light Quality (R:FR Ratio) at Targeted Organs on Branching of Trifolium Repens" (1997). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 23.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1997/session7/23)
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Effect of Lowered Light Quality (R:FR Ratio) at Targeted Organs on Branching of Trifolium Repens
Manitoba and Saskatchewan
This report examined results from four similarly conducted experiments using Trifolium repens in which the R:FR ratio but not the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) of incident light was altered at specific organ(s) of several successive phytomers or just at a single phytomer. Results indicate the local response to lowered R:FR light treatment was similar irrespective of the number of phytomers treated. This response pattern provides the means whereby plants can initiate strong localised responses to a heterogeneous light environment.
