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Kari Taulavuori (email), Marian Sarala, Jouni Karhu, Erja Taulavuori, Eero Kubin, Kari Laine, Jarmo Poikolainen, Erkki Pesonen

Elongation of Scots pine seedlings under blue light depletion

Taulavuori K., Sarala M., Karhu J., Taulavuori E., Kubin E., Laine K., Poikolainen J., Pesonen E. (2005). Elongation of Scots pine seedlings under blue light depletion. Silva Fennica vol. 39 no. 1 article id 401. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.401

Abstract

The effect of blue light (400–500 nm) removal on the elongation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvetris L.) seedlings was investigated in a field experiment in Northern Finland during two growing seasons. The seedlings were grown in plexiglass chambers and ambient control plots. The blue wavelengths were removed from the light spectrum by using chambers made of orange plexiglass. The results of nearly daily measurements showed that the elongation of Scots pine seedlings was increased by the removal of blue light only at high latitudes.

Keywords
Scots pine; blue light; elongation; high latitude

Author Info
  • Taulavuori, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland E-mail ktaulavu@cc.oulu.fi (email)
  • Sarala, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland E-mail ms@nn.fi
  • Karhu, Muhos Research Station, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Kirkkosaarentie 7, FI-91500 Muhos, Finland E-mail jk@nn.fi
  • Taulavuori, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland E-mail et@nn.fi
  • Kubin, Muhos Research Station, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Kirkkosaarentie 7, FI-91500 Muhos, Finland E-mail ek@nn.fi
  • Laine, Department of Biology, University of Oulu, PO Box 3000, FI-90014, Oulu, Finland E-mail kl@nn.fi
  • Poikolainen, Muhos Research Station, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Kirkkosaarentie 7, FI-91500 Muhos, Finland E-mail jp@nn.fi
  • Pesonen, Vantaa Research Centre, Finnish Forest Research Institute, PO Box 18, FI-01301, Vantaa, Finland E-mail ep@nn.fi

Received 10 June 2004 Accepted 24 January 2005 Published 31 December 2005

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