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Chicory root explants (Cichorium intybus L.) were cultured in vitro under different photoperiods. In complete darkness, strong stem elongation, but no flowering induction was observed. We suggest that this stem elongation could be homologous to the pit growth in chicory heads in vivo. Under a photoperiod of 12 h (LI=±40 μE m−2 s−1), only vegetative growth was observed. Photoperiods of 16 h or more light a day induced the in vitro explants to develop stems bearing flower buds. When the in vitro cultures were kept in the dark for different durations starting from the first day of culture and afterwards transferred to long-day conditions, 4 days dark were sufficient to cause a decrease in flowering induction. We suggest that during the dark culture, a flowering inhibitory process was started.
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Demeulemeester, M.A.C., Voet, A., Van de Mierop et al. Stem elongation and floral initiation on in vitro chicory root explants: influence of photoperiod. Plant Growth Regul 16, 233–238 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00024778
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