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photoinduce, v.|ˌfəʊtəʊɪnˈdjuːs| Also with hyphen. [f. photo- 1 + induce v.] trans. To induce by the action of light; esp. in Plant Physiol., to induce reproductive behaviour in a plant by an appropriate sequence of light and darkness (used with the behaviour or the plant as obj.).
1949Bot. Gaz. CX. 495/1 If one part of the plant was kept completely in the dark and some other part above it was photoinduced to flower, then the part in the dark also flowered. 1952Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. III. 269 If a plant is photoinduced and then is grafted on to an individual kept on the noninductive conditions, the latter plant will also initiate flowers. 1974Photochem. & Photobiol. XIX. 163/1 It is..of importance to determine if an electron transfer reaction of this type can be photoinduced in a model system. So photoinˈduced ppl. a., induced by the action of light; also photoinˈducible a., capable of being photoinduced.
1947Bot. Gaz. CIX. 121/1 Buds develop and flower only on the photoinduced portion or one node beyond. 1961Jrnl. Appl. Physics XXXII. 1901/2 The photoinduced current..is equal to the diode current with the bias voltage zero. 1970Dorion & Wiebe Photochromism i. 9 The reversible or self-bleaching feature distinguishes photochromism from the well-known irreversible photoinduced reactions. 1970Gressel & Galun in G. Bernier Cellular & Molecular Aspects Floral Induction x. 154 Some fungal systems are reported to be photoinducible by ultraviolet light as short as 230 mµ with no sporulation beyond 340 mµ. 1974Nature 26 Apr. 801/1 We have not obtained a cell-free system from P[hycomyces] blakesleeanus which shows the photoinducible changes. 1977I. M. Campbell Energy & Atmosphere ix. 344 It is generally considered that erythema is the least serious of a series of photoinduced skin complaints. |