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scotophil

scotophil noun: the phase of a two-phase circadian rhythm associated with dark and relaxation or regeneration.

Noun

scotophil

  1. The phase of a two-phase circadian rhythm associated with dark and relaxation or regeneration.
    • Glucose caused some inhibition of flowering when applied for only the initial scotophil phase of darkness (0 to 9 hr), but there was no comparable effect of sucrose even though its equivalent molarity (0.6 M) represented a higher percentage concentration.1985, Abraham H. Halevy, CRC Handbook of Flowering - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 217
    • Short-day effects were seen to result when light was restricted to the photophil, while long-day effects were produced when light encroached into scotophil (figure 1.2).2010, Randy J. Nelson, David L. Denlinger, David E. Somers, Photoperiodism: The Biological Calendar, →ISBN, page 12

Questions about scotophil

What does scotophil mean?
Scotophil means the phase of a two-phase circadian rhythm associated with dark and relaxation or regeneration.
What part of speech is scotophil?
Scotophil is a noun.

Words near scotophil in the dictionary

  1. scotoperiod
  2. scotoperiods
  3. scotophase
  4. scotophases
  5. scotophasic
  6. scotophil
  7. Scotophilia
  8. scotophilic
  9. scotophobe
  10. scotophobes
  11. scotophobia

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