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USE OF LIGHT QUALITY TO REGULATE HORTICULTURAL CROP MORPHOGENESIS – THE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY PHOTOMORPHOGENSIS RESEARCH PROGRAM
Article number
435_12
Pages
131 – 140
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Abstract
The ability to regulate plant growth using light quality (photomorphogenesis) is an environmentally safe alternative to many conventional chemical growth regulator applications.
The Clemson University photomorphogenesis research program began in the mid 1980s to investigate applications of light-regulated plant growth to horticultural plant growing systems.
The following horticultural crop production systems have been improved by applying the light-regulating technology of our work: greenhouses (including covering and supplemental lighting), plastic mulches, row covers, and tissue culture.
We have also worked toward better understanding the basic principles involved in light regulation including stimulus responses, tissue sensitivity and biochemical mechanisms.
The Clemson University photomorphogenesis research program began in the mid 1980s to investigate applications of light-regulated plant growth to horticultural plant growing systems.
The following horticultural crop production systems have been improved by applying the light-regulating technology of our work: greenhouses (including covering and supplemental lighting), plastic mulches, row covers, and tissue culture.
We have also worked toward better understanding the basic principles involved in light regulation including stimulus responses, tissue sensitivity and biochemical mechanisms.
Authors
Dennis R. Decoteau, John W. Kelly, N. Rajapakse
Keywords
red (far red) light, phytochrome, plant development
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