Effect of photoperiod on potato biology

Emil Stefańczyk

e.stefanczyk@ihar.edu.pl
Pracownia Badania Odporności na Grzyby i Bakterie, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Młochów (Poland)

Jadwiga Śliwka


Pracownia Badania Odporności na Grzyby i Bakterie, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Młochów (Poland)

Abstract

The life cycle of many plants is connected with seasons and their change is perceived by a day-length change. Plant photoreceptors responding to the presence of photomorphogenetically active light, mainly phytochromes, let plants perceive changing conditions. The length of photoperiod is also an essential factor in case of potato. In this review the knowledge obtained from previous studies on the influence of photoperiod on Solanum species was summarized. Beginning with domestication of a potato in latitudes different than the place of origin, an influence of a day-length on flowering, tuberization and resistance to Phytophthora infestans was described. The life processes chosen in this review are among the most important ones, because they allow surviving and further reproducing of potato in diverse environments.

Supporting Agencies

Work financed by the National Center for Research and Development grant LIDER/06/82/L-1/09/NCBiR/2010

Keywords:

Phytophthora infestans, constans, flowering, flowering lucus T, photoperiod, Solanum, tuberization

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2013-03-31

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Stefańczyk, E. and Śliwka, J. (2013) “Effect of photoperiod on potato biology”, Bulletin of Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute, (267), pp. 57–69. doi: 10.37317/biul-2013-0050.

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Emil Stefańczyk 
e.stefanczyk@ihar.edu.pl
Pracownia Badania Odporności na Grzyby i Bakterie, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Młochów Poland

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Jadwiga Śliwka 

Pracownia Badania Odporności na Grzyby i Bakterie, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin — Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Młochów Poland

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