photomorphogeneticadj.
/ˌfəʊtəʊmɔːfə(ʊ)dʒᵻˈnɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌfoʊdoʊˌmɔrfədʒəˈnɛdɪk/ Botany.
= photomorphogenic adj.
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photomorphogenic1953
photomorphogenetic1960
1960 [implied in: Chem. Abstr. 54 25090 Some expts. indicated that V..is converted to I by photomorphogenetically active light. (at photomorphogenetically adj.)].
1961 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 48 157/2 In its role of providing carbohydrate, the photosynthetic apparatus could be called, with some justification, a ‘photomorphogenetic system’.
1962 Plant Physiol. 37 142 (heading) Photomorphogenetic responses of sporelings of Marsilea vestita.
1975 D. Vince-Prue Photoperiodism in Plants iv. 119 Some experiments suggest that..the photomorphogenetic response occurs because Pfr operates via a threshold type of mechanism.
1990 Science 19 Jan. 329/1 These results show the operation of a localized, photomorphogenetic control of stem elongation.
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