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Phytochrome

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Biochemistry and Physiology of Plant Hormones

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Phytochrome very definitely is not a hormone. It is a pigment. However, no book on plant hormones could be regarded as complete without detailed consideration of phytochrome. For phytochrome is involved in the regulation of growth and development literally throughout the ontogeny of seed plants, from the germination of some kinds of seeds to floral initiation in many species of angiosperms. There are multiple important interactions of the phytochrome system with hormone metabolism and hormone action and complex interactions as well between the phytochrome system and endogenous circadian rhythms.

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    Thomas C. Moore (Professor of Botany)

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Moore, T.C. (1979). Phytochrome. In: Biochemistry and Physiology of Plant Hormones. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-0079-3_7

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