Abstract
Abstract. Although daylength has a major effect on flowering and several other aspects of plant development, the actual environmental time signals for the beginning and the end of day are obscure. An intensive spectroradiometric study was carried out in three contrasting environments: namely, unshaded sites, a mature oak woodland and a sugar beet crop. Spectral photon distributions were obtained describing numerous twilight phases and intervening photoperiods throughout the year. From each, absolute photon fluence rates, photon fluence rate ratios and phytochrome photoequilibria were calculated. Although substantial changes in spectral composition occurred during twilight, they were less capable of providing reliable and accurate time signals than the absolute fluence rate; this was especially apparent beneath the canopies. Thus, spectral changes are unlikely to be valuable in photoperiodic perception. The results are discussed in relation to the possible involvement of the known plant photoreceptors in photoperiodism.
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