Year: 1967
Type: article
Abstract: Effect of various wave lengths of light on growth of leaf in rice seedling was investigated, in 30 varieties of Japanese rice and 6 varieties from foreign countries, under the same intensity of blue, green and red light supplied from colored fluorescent tubes.While elongation of leaf blades was not altered, that of leaf sheaths was greatly affected by the different wave length of light, and two types of light-growth responsiveness were noticed among rice varieties examined.The first type is the one that showed greatest elongation under green light and smallest elongation under blue light; the second type is the one that larger elongation was resulted in the order of blue, green and red light.To the former type belonged all the Japanese varieties, three varieties from the Philippines and one variety from India, and to the latter, two varieties of East Pakistan.
Source: Shokubutsugaku Zasshi
Author: Takeharu BOKURA
Institution: The University of Tokyo
Language: English
Topic: Light effects on plants
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2317449179