Which of the following statements regarding detection of shading in plants is not true?
A. Absorption of red light causes
phytochrome to shift from its active state to its
inactive state.
B. Absorption of red light causes
phytochrome to shift from its inactive state to
its active state.
C. Absorption of far-red light causes
phytochrome to shift from its active state to its
inactive state
D. Absorption of red light causes a seed to
germinate.
E. Phytochrome is slowly shifted from its
active state to an inactive state in the dark.
A
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