The aurea and yellow-green-2 mutants of tomato are deficient in phytochrome chromophore synthesis.

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The phytochrome-deficient aurea mutant of tomato has been widely used for the study of both phytochrome function and the role of other photoreceptors in the control of development in higher plants. To date the exact nature of the aurea mutation has remained unknown, though this information is clearly important for the interpretation of these studies. It has been proposed that aurea and yellow-green-2, another...

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