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Effect of low-humidity treatment on growth of the lichenParmotrema tinctorum in a growth cabinet

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Abstract

Low-humidity treatment triggered an increase of the thallus area and the chlorophyll content in the following high-humidity condition. When low-humidity treatment for 4 days was intercalated in high-humidity conditions every 16 days, the thallus area increased 40% in 76 days.

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  1. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University, 631, Nara, Japan

    Makoto Bando & Mamoru Sugino

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Bando, M., Sugino, M. Effect of low-humidity treatment on growth of the lichenParmotrema tinctorum in a growth cabinet. J. Plant Res. 108, 527–529 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344243

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