Abstract
Twenty-two strains ofLemna paucicostata collected from various districts in Japan are classified into 4 types having different morphological features and photoperiodic behaviors. (I) The “N-1” type, widely distributed in north and middle Japan, consists of many short-day strains with similar morphological characteristics. The strain of northern origin, however, has a shorter critical dark period than that of southern origin, and most of the strains flower in response to a single short day though some from middle Japan require 2 short days. (2) The “N-2” type, found in a limited area of northern Japan, is also a short-day type, but has very long critical dark periods and requires 3–5 short-day cycles for flowering. (3) The “S” type, distributed in southern Japan, never flowered in any photoperiod or culture conditions tested. (4) The “K” type, strain 351, collected at the experimental farm of Kyoto University, is a day-neutral type and flowers independently of photoperiod.
Application of some SH inhibitors, tungstate or EDTA, or exposure to blue, far-red or low-intensity light caused daylength-independent flowering in short-day strain 6746 (California origin), but none of these treatments caused flowering in any short-day strain collected in Japan.
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Yukawa, I., Takimoto, A. Flowering response oflemna paucicostata in japan. Bot. Mag. Tokyo 89, 241–250 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488346
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