Make (a plant) pale through lack of light.
the seedling had been etiolated by having been grown in darkness
Example sentencesExamples
- Plants grown in pots were etiolated by keeping 4-week-old plants in complete darkness for 2 days.
- Green barley that had never been etiolated gave essentially the same results as etiolated plants that were exposed to light.
- Our results clearly indicate that P650 - 655 is the main photoactive LPOR complex involved in continuous Chl accumulation in illuminated leaves of plants that have not been previously etiolated.
- Measurements of starch and sucrose contents were also performed on leaves from plants etiolated for 2 days in order to investigate whether the starch in the CMS plants could be metabolized.