Abstract
No phytochrome can be detected spectrophotometrically in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr. cv. Mandarin) cell suspensions grown in darkness. White light from a tungsten filament lamp and a band of far-red light have been found to induce the appearance of phytochrome in them. Red light failed to bring about phytochrome increase and destroyed the phytochrome induced by far-red light.
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Tanada, T. Radiation-induced appearance of phytochrome in soybean cell suspensions. Planta 134, 57–59 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390095
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00390095