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Development and Growth Regulation

Biphasic Fluence-Response Curves for Phytochrome-Mediated Kalanchoë Seed Germination ¹

Sensitization by Gibberellic Acid

Laboratory of Plant Physiology, State University of Gent, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium, Department of Biology, University of Antwerpen, Universiteitsplein 1, B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium, Department of Mathematical Statistics, University of Gent, Krijgslaan 281, B-9000 Gent, Belgium

The fluence-response curves for the effect of two red pulses separated by 24 hours on the germination of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana Poelln. cv Vesuv seeds, incubated on gibberellic acid (GA₃) are biphasic for suboptimal concentrations. The response in the low fluence range corresponds with a classical red/far-red reversible phytochrome mediated reaction. GA₃ induces an additional response in the very low fluence range, which is also phytochrome mediated. The sensitivity to phytochrome-far-red absorbing form (Pfr), however, is increased about 20,000-fold, so that even far-red fluences become saturating. Both in the very low and low fluence response range, the maximal responses induced by saturating fluences are modulated by the GA₃ concentration. GA₃ having no direct influence on the phytochrome phototransformations, alters the Pfr requirement and determines the responding seed population fraction in the very low and low fluence range. The effet of GA₃ appears to be on the transduction chain of the phytochrome signal.

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