Phytochrome is a bluish, proteinaceous plant pigment that exists in two interconvertible forms. $P_r$ absorbs red light (about 660 nm) and changes into $P_{fr}$; $P_{fr}$ absorbs far-red light (about 730 nm) and changes back into $P_r$. $P_r \underset{\text{far-red}}{\overset{\text{red}}{\rightleftharpoons}} P_{fr}$ It controls flowering (photoperiodism), seed germination and other light responses. So the pigment that absorbs red and far-red light is phytochrome.
ConceptPhytochrome forms Pr and Pfr
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