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Shade avoidance components and pathways in adult plants revealed by phenotypic profiling.
PLoS genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Nozue Kazunari, Tat An V, Kumar Devisetty Upendra, Robinson Matthew, Mumbach Maxwell R, Ichihashi Yasunori, Lekkala Saradadevi, Maloof Julin N
Abstract excerpt
Shade from neighboring plants limits light for photosynthesis; as a consequence, plants have a variety of strategies to avoid canopy shade and compete with their neighbors for light. Collectively the response to foliar shade is called the shade avoidance syndrome (SAS). The SAS includes elongation of a variety of organs, acceleration of flowering time, and additional physiological responses, which are seen...
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