Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Plant, cell & environment
17 (1994), S. 0
ISSN:
1365-3040
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Schizaea pusilla is a rare fern that occurs in acidic bogs and is one of the few fern species that maintains a filamentous gametophyte throughout its development. To expand our knowledge of the physiology of this fern, phototropic responses were examined in young gametophytes. In contrast to germ filaments of other fern species, apical protonemata of young gametophytes are negatively phototropic in continuous white, red and blue light at all fluence rates tested. The expression of phototropic curvature is not limited by time since apical protonemata are also negatively phototropic when they are given brief exposures of light and then placed in the dark. In other lower plant groups such as mosses and some algae, the direction of phototropic curvature can change depending on light quality and intensity, but in young gametophytes of Schizaea, negative phototropic curvature was observed in all conditions studied. Blue light is the most effective in promoting the negative phototropic response in Schizaea.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3040.1994.tb00536.x
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