Term Name: | long-day photoperiodism, flowering |
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Synonyms: | long-day photoperiodic control of flowering, long-day photoperiodic control of flowering time, long-day photoperiodic control of inflorescence development, response to long-day, flowering, response to short-night, flowering, short-night photoperiodism, flowering |
Definition: | A change from the vegetative to the reproductive phase as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a period of light that exceeds the critical day length. The critical day length varies between species. Although the term is long-day is used, most species actually respond to the duration of the night, so that the response will occur when a period of darkness falls short of the number of hours defined by 24 minus the critical day length. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0048574] QuickGO AmiGO |