TY - BOOK AU - Vergara, B. S. AU - Chang, T. T. TI - The flowering response of the rice plant to photoperiod : a review of the literature SN - 9711041510 U1 - Fil 633.18 V58f 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - Laguna PB - International Rice Research Institute KW - Rice plant N1 - Introduction – Rice as a short-day plant – Growth phases – Basic vegetative phase – Photoperiod-sensitive phase – Photoinductive cycles – Reception of the photoperiodic stimulus and translocation – Light intensity and quality – Interruption of the dark period – Days from photoinductive treatment of flowering – Biochemical changes during photoinduction– Effect of temperature on the flowering response to photoperiod – Measurements and methods of testing photoperiod sensitivity – Date-of-planting experiments – Ecology and photoperiodism – Terminology used in describing photoperiod sensitivity – Inheritance of vegetative growth duration – Problems in the study of the rice plant's photoperiodism N2 - "This review has been an important reference in understanding the rice plant." ER -