AAPR Orientation in time - plants
Across
- 2. A period of greatly reduced growth and metabolic activity that helps an organism survive unfavourable conditions.
- 4. behaviour* A plant or animal response to seasonal changes in day and night length, such as flowering, breeding, migration or dormancy.
- 5. A day-night nastic movement, such as leaves closing at night, usually controlled by a circadian clock and entrained by light-dark cues.
- 7. A plant that flowers when the uninterrupted night is shorter than a critical length (equivalently, when day length is sufficiently long).
- 9. A light-sensitive plant protein that exists in two interconvertible forms, Pr and Pfr, and helps plants measure night length.
- 11. (red-absorbing phytochrome) The usually inactive form of phytochrome. It absorbs red light and is converted to Pfr.
- 14. The controlled shedding of a plant part, such as a leaf, flower or fruit; seasonal leaf abscission can reduce water loss and frost damage.
- 15. A plant whose flowering is not controlled by photoperiod.
Down
- 1. A plant that flowers when the uninterrupted night is longer than a critical length (equivalently, when day length is sufficiently short).
- 3. The threshold duration of uninterrupted night that determines whether a photoperiodic response, such as flowering, occurs.
- 6. The physiological response of an organism to the relative lengths of day and night.
- 8. The threshold duration of light that determines whether a photoperiodic response, such as flowering, occurs.
- 10. The promotion or competence for flowering after prolonged exposure to cold.
- 12. The relative durations of light and darkness in a 24-hour cycle.
- 13. (far-red-absorbing phytochrome) The usually biologically active form of phytochrome.