Light quantity (intensity and photoperiod) and quality (spectral composition) affect plant
growth and physiology and interact with other environmental parameters and cultivation …

Light is important for plants as an energy source and a developmental signal, but it can also
cause stress to plants and modulates responses to stress. Excess and fluctuating light result …

Light is crucial for plant life, and perception of the light environment dictates plant growth,
morphology, and developmental changes. Such adjustments in growth and development in …

Ultrafast processes in light-absorbing proteins have been implicated in the primary step in
the light-to-energy conversion and the initialization of photoresponsive biological functions …

Highlights•The COP1/SPA complex suppresses light signaling in darkness.•Functions of the
protein domains in COP1 and SPA proteins.•The structure of the COP1 WD-repeat domain …

Light is a vital resource for plants, which compete for it particularly in dense communities.
Plants have multiple photosensory receptors to detect the presence of competitors and …

Specialized metabolites from plants are important for human health due to their antioxidant
properties. Light is one of the main factors modulating the biosynthesis of specialized …

Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue light photoreceptors that regulate growth, development, and
metabolism in plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), CRY1 and CRY2 possess …

About 95% of the ultraviolet (UV) photons reaching the Earth's surface are UV-A (315–400
nm) photons. Plant responses to UV-A radiation have been less frequently studied than …

Highlights•Red/far-red, blue and UV-B photoreceptors converge on a shared signalling
network.•PIFs integrate different light signals to control stem elongation.•PIFs regulate …