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WE have recently shown1 that the typical development of the etiolated broad bean shoot in darkness is modified by exposing the intact soaked seed to light and that the sensitivity develops at the time when the embryo takes up water. It was suggested that the embryo of the maturing seed may also be sensitive in the same way and that varying conditions of light during maturation may affect the subsequent develop-ment of the seedling.
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Lane, G. R., and Butler, R. D., Nature, 181, 1080 (1958).
Gregory, F. G., and Purvis, O. N., Ann. Bot., N.S., 2, 237 (1938).
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LANE, G., BUTLER, R. Effect of Light on Maturing Broad Bean Seeds. Nature 183, 1063–1064 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1831063b0
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