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PLANT PHYSIOLOGY , Vol 110, Issue 2 439-444, Copyright © 1996 by American Society of Plant Biologists

DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH REGULATION

Phytochrome A Mediates the Promotion of Seed Germination by Very Low Fluences of Light and Canopy Shade Light in Arabidopsis

J. F. Botto, R. A. Sanchez, G. C. Whitelam and J. J. Casal
Ifeva, Departamento de Ecologia, Facultad de Agronomia Universidad de Buenos Aires, Av. San Martin 4453, 1417-Buenos Aires, Argentina (J.F.B., R.A.S., J.J.C.)

Seeds of the wild type (WT) and of the phyA and phyB mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana were exposed to single red light (R)/far-red light (FR) pulses predicted to establish a series of calculated phytochrome photoequilibria (Pfr/P). WT and phyB seeds showed biphasic responses to Pfr/P. The first phase, i.e. the very-low-fluence response (VLFR), occurred below Pfr/P = 10-1%. The second phase, i.e. the low-fluence response, occurred above Pfr/P = 3%. The VLFR was similarly induced by either a FR pulse saturating photoconversion or a subsaturating R pulse predicted to establish the same Pfr/P. The VLFR was absent in phyA seeds, which showed a strong low-fluence response. In the field, even brief exposures to the very low fluences of canopy shade light (R/FR ratio < 0.05) promoted germination above dark controls in WT and phyB seeds but not in the phyA mutant. Seeds of the phyA mutant germinated normally under canopies providing higher R/FR ratios or under deep canopy shade light supplemented with R from light-emitting diodes. We propose that phytochrome A mediates VLFR of A. thaliana seeds.


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