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Photocontrol of germination of cucumis anguria l

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Biologia Plantarum

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Germination ofCucumis anguria was inhibited by white, blue (B), and far-red (FR) irradiation and promoted by darkness and red (R) irradiation. The effect of white light was greater when supplied after rather than before the dark period. Darkness was more effective in reversing the effect of FR than FR in reversing the effect of darkness. FR was also more effective than B. When darkness followed B pretreatments, final germination percentage was higher than with FR pretreatment. R fully reversed the inhibitory effect of FR.

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  1. Institute Biológico de São Paulo, Brazil

    Ailema Noronha & Marly Vicente

  2. Departamento Fisiologia Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Barão Geraldo, 13.100SP, Campinas, Brazil

    G. M. Felippe

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Noronha, A., Vicente, M. & Felippe, G.M. Photocontrol of germination of cucumis anguria l. Biol Plant 20, 281–286 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922686

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