Phytochrome participation in induction of Haustoria in Cuscuta japonica, a holoparasitic flowering plant

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 935-940

  Furuhashi, Katsuhisa ^a   Tada, Yoshifumi ^a   Okamoto, Kazuhisa ^b,d   Sugai, Michizo ^b   Kubota, Mamoru ^c   Watanabe, Masakatsu ^c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Cuscuta japonica; Far red light; Haustoria; Phytochrome B; Red light

Indexed keywords

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTA JAPONICA; JAPONICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0030768565     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029254     Document Type: Article

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