Borthwick, HA

Japanese: Borthwick,H.A.(英語表記)BorthwickHA
Borthwick, HA

… In 1935, LH Flint and E.D. McAlister of the Smithsonian Institution discovered that the germination of seeds of the lettuce variety Grand Rapids was promoted by light in the 580-700 nm wavelength range, which marked the beginning of the discovery of phytochrome. In response to this, in 1952, HA Borthwick and others at the National Institute of Agronomy of the United States Department of Agriculture built a large spectrograph at the institute and measured the action spectrum of photogermination. They also discovered the photoreversibility phenomenon, in which the germination rate depends on whether the last light received is red light or near infrared light when 660 nm red light, which is the most effective for germination, is alternately given several times, followed by 730 nm near infrared light, which negates the effect (Table 1). The photoreceptor pigment for this reaction was phytochrome, discovered by WL Butler and others in 1959. …

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… 1935年にスミソニアン研究所のフリントL.H.FlintとマッカリスターE.D.McAlisterがレタス品種グランドラピッドの種子の発芽が580~700nmの波長域の光で促進されることを見つけたのがフィトクロム発見への端緒となった。これを受けて52年にアメリカ農務省農学研究所のボースウィックH.A.Borthwickらは同研究所に大型スペクトログラフを建設し,光発芽の作用スペクトルを測定するとともに,発芽に最も有効な660nmの赤色光とその効果を打ち消す730nmの近赤外光を交互になん回か与えた場合,発芽率は最後に受けた光が赤色光であるか近赤外光であるかによって決まるという光可逆性現象を発見した(表1)。この反応の光受容色素が59年バトラーW.L.Butlerらにより発見されたフィトクロムであった。…

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