Phytochrome A resets the circadian clock and delays tuber formation under long days in potato

Plant Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 223-232

  Yanovsky, Marcelo J ^a,d   Izaguirre, Miriam ^a   Wagmaister, Javier A ^a,e   Gatz, Christiane ^b   Jackson, Stephen D ^c   Thomas, Brian ^c   Casal, Jorge J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Entrainment; Photoperiod; Phytochrome; Potato; Tuberisation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BLUE LIGHT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FAR RED LIGHT; LEAF MOVEMENT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TUBER; WILD RELATIVE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; LIGHT; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0033907064     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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