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Plant Physiology 56:335-336 (1975) © 1975 American Society of Plant Biologists Carbon Dioxide Requirements for Phytochrome Action in Photoperiodism and Seed Germination 1a Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1W5 British Columbia, Canada
The effect of interrupting darkness with red light in the presence or absence of 0.03% CO2 was studied in relation to flowering of Xanthium pennsylvanicum and germination of light-sensitive lettuce seeds. The results indicate that CO2 is essential for red light to be effective in either process.
1 This work was supported by the National Research Council of Canada and the Killam Foundation.
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