Category:GO:0048575 ! short-day photoperiodism, flowering

name: short-day photoperiodism, flowering
namespace: biological_process
def: "A change from vegetative to reproductive phase as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a period of light that falls short of the critical day length. The critical day length varies between species. Although the term is short-day is used, most species actually respond to the duration of the night, so that the response will occur when a period of darkness exceeds the number of hours defined by 24 minus the critical day length." [GOC:jid, GOC:pj, ISBN:0582015952, ISBN:0697037754, ISBN:0709408862]
synonym: "long-night photoperiodism, flowering" EXACT []
synonym: "response to long-night, flowering" EXACT []
synonym: "response to short-day, flowering" EXACT []
synonym: "short-day photoperiodic control of flowering" EXACT []
synonym: "short-day photoperiodic control of flowering time" EXACT []
synonym: "short-day photoperiodic control of inflorescence development" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0048572 ! short-day photoperiodism
is_a: GO:0048573 ! photoperiodism, flowering

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0048575</GOterm>
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