Open AccessLight Signaling, Root Development, and Plasticity
Author(s) -
Kasper van Gelderen,
Chiakai Kang,
Ronald Pierik
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.17.01079
Subject(s) - cryptochrome , phytochrome , blue light , microbiology and biotechnology , biophysics , suppressor , chemistry , biology , botany , red light , biochemistry , gene , physics , circadian clock , optics
Light is the energy source for plants as it drives photosynthesis to produce sugars. Given the obvious fact that light mostly occurs above ground and not in the soil, most interactions of plants with light have been studied in shoot parts of the plant. Research over more than a century has yielded
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