Light signaling and UV‐B‐mediated plant growth regulation

A Yadav, D Singh, M Lingwan… - Journal of Integrative …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Light plays an important role in plants' growth and development throughout their life cycle.
Plants alter their morphological features in response to light cues of varying intensity and …

The cryptochromes: blue light photoreceptors in plants and animals

I Chaves, R Pokorny, M Byrdin, N Hoang… - Annual review of …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Cryptochromes are flavoprotein photoreceptors first identified in Arabidopsis thaliana, where
they play key roles in growth and development. Subsequently identified in prokaryotes …

Light signaling and plant responses to blue and UV radiations—Perspectives for applications in horticulture

L Huché-Thélier, L Crespel, J Le Gourrierec… - Environmental and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ultra-violet (UV) and blue radiations are perceived by plants through several
photoreceptors. They regulate a large range of processes throughout plant life. Along with …

Light-regulated transcriptional networks in higher plants

Y Jiao, OS Lau, XW Deng - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2007 - nature.com
Plants have evolved complex and sophisticated transcriptional networks that mediate
developmental changes in response to light. These light-regulated processes include …

Plant flavoprotein photoreceptors

JM Christie, L Blackwood, J Petersen… - Plant and Cell …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Plants depend on the surrounding light environment to direct their growth. Blue light (300–
500 nm) in particular acts to promote a wide variety of photomorphogenic responses …

Light quality in plant tissue culture: does it matter?

DS Batista, SHS Felipe, TD Silva, KM de Castro… - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2018 - Springer
The primary issues regarding the lack of protocol reproducibility among laboratories are
environmental factors. Light (quantity and particularly quality), is one of those main factors …

Light signal transduction in higher plants

M Chen, J Chory, C Fankhauser - Annu. Rev. Genet., 2004 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Plants utilize several families of photoreceptors to fine-tune growth and
development over a large range of environmental conditions. The UV-A/blue light sensing …

Signaling mechanisms by Arabidopsis cryptochromes

J Ponnu, U Hoecker - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cryptochromes (CRYs) are blue light photoreceptors that regulate growth, development, and
metabolism in plants. In Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis), CRY1 and CRY2 possess …

The action mechanisms of plant cryptochromes

H Liu, B Liu, C Zhao, M Pepper, C Lin - Trends in plant science, 2011 - cell.com
Cryptochromes (CRY) are blue-light receptors that mediate various light responses in plants.
The photoexcited CRY molecules undergo several biophysical and biochemical changes …

Green light: a signal to slow down or stop

KM Folta, SA Maruhnich - Journal of experimental botany, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Light has a profound effect on plant growth and development. Red and blue light best drive
photosynthetic metabolism, so it is no surprise that these light qualities are particularly …