Enhancement of senescence by far-red light

✍ Scribed by J. A. Greef; H. Fredericq

• Book ID: 104750535
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1972
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 145 KB
• Volume: 104
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0032-0935
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00387083

✦ Synopsis

Far-red light was demonstrated to accelerate senescence in mature, green tissue of intact thalli of Marchantia polymorpha. The red/far-red reversibility of this phenomenon proves the involvement of phytochrome. As a daily exposure to 5 min red light is sufficient to prevent aging of the tissue, photosynthesis does not play a specific role in this response.