Definition of photoperiodism in English:
photoperiodism
noun fəʊtəʊˈpɪərɪədɪz(ə)mˌfoʊdoʊˈpɪriədɪzəm
mass nounZoology Botany The response of an organism to seasonal changes in day length.
Example sentencesExamples
- The three men formed an informal team to find the substance that controls photoperiodism.
- Cryptochromes are pigmented photoreceptors that are involved in blue-light mediated photomorphogenesis and photoperiodism in plants.
- When it comes to flowering, photoperiodism is by no means the only game in town.
- Colored mulch research can be traced to historic USDA studies dating back to 1918 that led to the discovery of photoperiodism.
- Sensitivity to the timing of light and darkness, termed photoperiodism, involves the integration of temporal information, provided by the circadian oscillator, with light/dark discrimination provided by specific photoreceptors.
Definition of photoperiodism in US English:
photoperiodism
(also photoperiodicity)
nounˌfōdōˈpirēədizəmˌfoʊdoʊˈpɪriədɪzəm
Botany Zoology The response of an organism to seasonal changes in day length.
Example sentencesExamples
- When it comes to flowering, photoperiodism is by no means the only game in town.
- Sensitivity to the timing of light and darkness, termed photoperiodism, involves the integration of temporal information, provided by the circadian oscillator, with light/dark discrimination provided by specific photoreceptors.
- Colored mulch research can be traced to historic USDA studies dating back to 1918 that led to the discovery of photoperiodism.
- The three men formed an informal team to find the substance that controls photoperiodism.
- Cryptochromes are pigmented photoreceptors that are involved in blue-light mediated photomorphogenesis and photoperiodism in plants.