Sensing the neighbors: Phytochrome A fine-tunes plant adaptation to light
Plant Science Research WeeklyPlants constantly compete for light, and the threat of shading by neighbors has been a powerful driving force for the adaptive plasticity during evolution. Changes in both light quantity and quality, most notably a reduced ratio of red to far-red wavelengths (low R:FR), serve as early warning signals…
Variegated grape berries enlighten us about plant radiation responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellZhang et al. identify a regulatory hub in grapevine controlling divergent specialized metabolic pathways as part of the light/UV radiation response.
Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad228
By José Tomás Matus and Chen Zhang
Institute for Integrative Systems Biology (I2SysBio),…
A Lightclub in the nucleus: protein liaisons optimizing plant photo-responses
The Plant Cell: In a NutshellFang et al. investigate how TZP modulates Arabidopsis seedling growth in response to red light and long days. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koac236
By Weiwei Fang and Eirini Kaiserli, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Background: Plants sense, respond and adapt to the environment by changing…