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Cryptochrome 1 and phytochrome B control shade-avoidance responses in Arabidopsis via partially independent hormonal cascades.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2011
Keller Mercedes M, Jaillais Yvon, Pedmale Ullas V, Moreno Javier E, Chory Joanne, Ballaré Carlos L
Abstract excerpt
Plants respond to a reduction in the red/far-red ratio (R:FR) of light, caused by the proximity of other plants, by initiating morphological changes that improve light capture. In Arabidopsis, this response (shade avoidance syndrome, SAS) is controlled by phytochromes (particularly phyB), and is dependent on the TAA1 pathway of auxin biosynthesis. However, when grown in real canopies, we found that phyB mutants...
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