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Excerpt from Light and Plants: A Series of Experiments Demonstrating Light Effects on Seed Germination, Plant Growth, and Plant Development; January 1961
Vegetative growth of plants is to a large degree controlled by light. Plants grown in total darkness have very long internodes, small leaves, and are yellow in color because no chlorophyll is formed. If the dark grown plants are exposed to weak light for a minute or two each day, the plants have shorter internodes and normal-size leaves, although they may still be yellow and without visible chlorophyll. Daily exposures of the plants to light of higher intensities or for a longer duration may not change the size of the leaves or inter nodes of the plants from that obtained with brief exposures to light of low intensity, but the plants turn green as chlorophyll is formed.
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Vegetative growth of plants is to a large degree controlled by light. Plants grown in total darkness have very long internodes, small leaves, and are yellow in color because no chlorophyll is formed. If the dark grown plants are exposed to weak light for a minute or two each day, the plants have shorter internodes and normal-size leaves, although they may still be yellow and without visible chlorophyll. Daily exposures of the plants to light of higher intensities or for a longer duration may not change the size of the leaves or inter nodes of the plants from that obtained with brief exposures to light of low intensity, but the plants turn green as chlorophyll is formed.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
Robert Jack Downs
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266867869
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 32
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Contributors
Author
Robert Jack Downs
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781528322461
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 0.2 cm
Page Count - 34
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