Halaban R
Department of Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540.
Plant Physiol. 1968 Dec;43(12):1894-8. doi: 10.1104/pp.43.12.1894.
The flowering response of Coleus frederici and Coleus blumei x C. frederici is dependent on the photoperiod; both plants have a critical day length of about 12 hr. The inductive phase, defined as the period when light signals inhibit floral development, started 10 hr after the onset of darkness under 4 and 8-hr photoperiods, and 8 hr after the onset of darkness under a 12-hr photoperiod. However, a fixed temporal relationship between the inductive phase and the minimum leaf position was observed for Coleus frederici. The inductive phase always started 5 hr after the minimum leaf position. This evidence supports the theory that a circadian clock participates in the time measurement process of photoperiodic floral induction.
弗雷德里克彩叶草以及彩叶草(锦紫苏)与弗雷德里克彩叶草的杂交种的开花反应取决于光周期;这两种植物的临界日长约为12小时。诱导期被定义为光信号抑制花芽发育的时期,在4小时和8小时光周期下,诱导期在黑暗开始后10小时开始,在12小时光周期下,诱导期在黑暗开始后8小时开始。然而,对于弗雷德里克彩叶草,观察到诱导期与最低叶位之间存在固定的时间关系。诱导期总是在最低叶位出现5小时后开始。这一证据支持了生物钟参与光周期诱导开花时间测量过程的理论。