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Phytochrome and the Photoinhibition of Germination

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THE inhibition of seed germination by light in Nemophila insignis and Phacelia tanacetifolia depends on the far red part of the visible spectrum1–5. Red light has little or no activity1–4.

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ROLLIN, P., MAIGNAN, G. Phytochrome and the Photoinhibition of Germination. Nature 214, 741–742 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214741a0

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