The primary issues regarding the lack of protocol reproducibility among laboratories are
environmental factors. Light (quantity and particularly quality), is one of those main factors …

Shade tolerance is an ecological concept used in a wide range of disciplines, from plant
physiology to landscaping or gardening. It refers to the strategy of some plants to persist and …

Light drives plant growth and development, so its control is increasingly used as an
environment-friendly tool to manage horticultural crops. However, this implies a …

Plants use light as a source of both energy and information. Plant physiological responses to
light, and interactions between plants and animals (such as herbivory and pollination), have …

RNA binding proteins (RBPs) control the fate and expression of a transcriptome. Despite this
fundamental importance, our understanding of plant RBPs is rudimentary, being mainly …

Phytochromes are dimeric proteins that function as red and far-red light sensors influencing
nearly every phase of the plant life cycle. Of the three major phytochrome families found in …

Plants sense light and temperature changes to regulate flowering time. Here, we show that
expression of the Arabidopsis florigen gene, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), peaks in the …

The reduction in the red to far-red light ratio (R/FR) and photosynthetically active radiation
caused by dense planting initiates shade avoidance responses (SARs) to help plants …

Background Tea is the most popular nonalcoholic beverage worldwide for its pleasant
characteristics and healthful properties. Catechins, theanine and caffeine are the major …

Chloroplast development and chlorophyll metabolism have been well described in model
plants but not in perennial woody crops. Of particular interest is the interplay between light …