When it comes to growing healthy, vibrant plants, light isn’t just about brightness—it’s about timing. This concept is called photoperiod, and it plays a critical role in how plants grow, bloom, ...

Ndjido A. Kane, Jean Danyluk, Guylaine Tardif, François Ouellet, Jean-François Laliberté, Allen E. Limin, D. Brian Fowler and Fathey Sarhan The initiation of the reproductive phase in winter cereals ...

Agave deserti, Ferocactus acanthodes, and Opuntia ficus-indica were maintained in environmental growth chambers under a constant total daily photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) for 1 yr to ...

Recognized as a pivotal developmental transition, flowering marks the continuation of a plant's lifecycle. Flowering time determines the length of plant reproductive period and environmental ...

The amount of light a cow is exposed to during a day is called the photoperiod, and it affects some of the hormones the cow produces: melatonin, insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and prolactin.

Researchers have discovered that fish use the pituitary gland in their brains to directly "see" daylight, which explains how salmon undergo smoltification and could be used to grow bigger fish in ...