short-day plant

short-day plant

one that requires a daylength of less than a certain minimum value for the induction of flowering to take place. In fact, the term is somewhat misleading in that such plants (e.g. strawberries, chrysanthemums) are really sensitive to periods of darkness rather than daylight, requiring a night length of more than a minimum duration, i.e. these are long-night plants. Compare LONG-DAY PLANT, DAY-NEUTRAL PLANT. see PHOTO PERIODISM.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Of the many papers published concerning the physiological effects of prostaglandins in plants, the most extensive was the study of the possible involvement of PGs in the flowering of the short-day plant (SDP) Pharbitis nil (Groenewald & Visser, 1974).
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Even though soybean is generally a short-day plant, the early maturing and photoperiodically sensitive cultivars have longer critical photoperiods than later maturing cultivars (Borthwick and Parker, 1938, 1939).
The effect of grafting on the flowering of near-isogenic lines of soybean
In soybean, a short-day plant, genetic control of flowering and maturity has been well documented with the identification and description of genes which delay flowering under extended photoperiods (Bernard, 1971; Buzzell, 1971; Saindon et al., 1989; McBlain and Bernard, 1987; Cober and Voldeng, 2001).
Both promoters and inhibitors affected flowering time in grafted soybean flowering-time isolines. (Crop Physiology & Metabolism)
Cooper (1960), citing the work of Benedict (1940) and Gardner and Loomis (1953), listed switchgrass as a short-day plant with no vernalization requirement.
Variation between Alamo and Cave-in-Rock switchgrass in Response to photoperiod extension. (Forage & Grazing Lands)
In the short-day plant rice, regarded as a model monocot species, conventional genetic analyses of flowering time (heading time) have been extensively conducted; consequently, as many as 23 heading-time loci have been identified (Yokoo and Kikuchi, 1992; Tsai 1986; Poonyarit et al., 1989; Okumoto and Tanisaka, 1997; Ichitani et al., 1998).
A novel gene ef1-h conferring an extremely long basic vegetative growth period in rice. (Crop Breeding, Genetics & Cytology)
Lin (2000) reviewed the role of phyB in delaying flowering in Arabidopsis and pea (Pisum sativum L.), both long-day plants, and in sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench], a short-day plant. Lin (2000) concluded that phyB inhibition of flowering was more apparent in noninductive photoperiods for both short- and long-day plants.
Low R:FR light quality delays flowering of E7E7 soybean lines
Abbreviations: DAP, days after planting; RLA, rate of leaf appearance; SDP, short-day plant; [T.sub.b], base temperature; [T.sub.o], optimum temperature; 0, thermal time for a leaf to be produced.
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