Photoperiodism is the ability of a plant to flower in response to the length of day or night. They can be either short-day, long-day, or day-neutral plants.
Animation - Phytochrome Signaling
Animation - Phytochrome Signaling
McGraw-Hill Companies
Animation with audio.
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long-day plant
long-day plant
A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004
MICHAEL ALLABY, Copyright
Encyclopedia.com
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Mystery Solved: How Plants Know When to Flower
Mystery Solved: How Plants Know When to Flower
By Robert Roy Britt,
LiveScience Senior Writer
11 August 2005
Scientists have known since the 1930s that plants sense the length of the days and
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Photoperiodism
Photoperiodism
Biology Reference
The term "photoperiodism" was coined to describe a plant's ability to flower in response to changes in the photoperiod: the relative lengths of day and night.
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Photoperiodism - YouTubePhotoperiodism - YouTube
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September 23, 2008
"A short video (10:24 minutes) about how plants respond to the seasons."
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Photoreception: what are Phytochromes?
Photoreception: what are Phytochromes?
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Plant photoreceptors are able to respond to visible light. There are three main classes of photoreceptors....
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PhytochromePhytochrome
Wikipedia.org
Phytochrome is a photoreceptor, a pigment that plants use to detect light. It is sensitive to light in the red and far-red region of the visible spectrum.
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Plant Biology: Photoperiod response, photoperiodismPlant Biology: Photoperiod response, photoperiodism
"Photoperiod describes the duration of daylight in the daily cycle, and the term photoperiodism describes an organism's ability to detect changes
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Spark Notes: Plants: Essential Processes-Photoperiodism
Spark Notes: Plants: Essential Processes-Photoperiodism
Plants have a wide variety of flowering strategies involving what time of year they will flower and, consequently, reproduce. In many plant
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What Is a Phytochrome? What Is a Phytochrome?
Written by Caitlin Kenney
WiseGeek.com
Phytochrome is a pigment found in most plants and some bacteria that is used to monitor the color of light.
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