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A novel high-throughput in vivo molecular screen for shade avoidance mutants identifies a novel phyA mutation.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 May 2011
Wang Xuewen, Roig-Villanova Irma, Khan Safina, Shanahan Hugh, Quail Peter H, Martinez-Garcia Jaime F, Devlin Paul F
Abstract excerpt
The shade avoidance syndrome (SAS) allows plants to anticipate and avoid shading by neighbouring plants by initiating an elongation growth response. The phytochrome photoreceptors are able to detect a reduction in the red:far red ratio in incident light, the result of selective absorption of red and blue wavelengths by proximal vegetation. A shade-responsive luciferase reporter line (PHYB::LUC) was used to carry...
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