Grime’s triangle is an alternative to r and K Selection by by Philips grime

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The initial observation was that the germination of lettuce seeds is stimulated by red light and inhibited by farred light.

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Typical photoreversible responses induced by phytochrome in variety of higher and lower plants

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Corn and bean seedlings grown in the light or the dark

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Developmental changes by light (photomorphogenesis) transformation from the etiolated to the green state.

a. A decrease in the rate of stem elongation

b. The beginning of apical-hook straightening

c. The initiation of the synthesis of pigments

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Seedlings grown in the dark display an etiolated growth pattern:

a) yellow unexpanded cotyledons

b) apical hook

c) Long hypocotyl

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Expression of the other phytochrome types (B to E in angiosperms) is independent of light and both Pr and Pfr forms are stable.