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The fern Adiantum capillus-veneris lacks stomatal responses to blue light.
Plant & cell physiology - 1 Jun 2006
Doi Michio, Wada Masamitsu, Shimazaki Ken-Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
We investigated the responses of stomata to light in the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris, a typical species of Leptosporangiopsida. Stomata in the intact leaves of the sporophytes opened in response to red light, but they did not open when blue light was superimposed on the red light. The results were confirmed in the isolated Adiantum epidermis. The red light-induced stomatal response was not affected by the...
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