ArticleBMC plant biology2020
Full moonlight-induced circadian clock entrainment in Coffea arabica.
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- Short Exposure to Full Moonlight Has a Long-Term Impact on Brassica juncea Cell Activity and Growth.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
- Trichromacy and ultraviolet vision in a nocturnal marsupial.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Application of Multi-Omics Technologies to the Study of Phytochromes in Plants.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Moonlight-like proteins are actually cell wall components in Pseudocercospora fijiensis.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2023Article
- Evidence of separate influence of moon and sun on light synchronization of mussel's daily rhythm during the polar night.iScience · 2023Article
- Moonlight Is Perceived as a Signal Promoting Genome Reorganization, Changes in Protein and Metabolite Profiles and Plant Growth.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Photons from NIR LEDs can delay flowering in short-day soybean and Cannabis: Implications for phytochrome activity.PloS one · 2021Article
- Rationale: Photosynthesis of Vascular Plants in Dim Light.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundIt is now well documented that moonlight affects the life cycle of invertebrates, birds, reptiles, and mammals. The lunisolar tide is also well-known to alter plant growth and development. However, although plants are known to be very photosensitive, few studies have been undertaken to explore the effect of moonlight on plant physiology.
resultsHere for the first time we report a massive transcriptional modification in Coffea arabica genes under full moonlight conditions, particularly at full moon zenith and 3 h later. Among the 3387 deregulated genes found in our study, the main core clock genes were affected.
conclusionsMoonlight also negatively influenced many genes involved in photosynthesis, chlorophyll biosynthesis and chloroplast machinery at the end of the night, suggesting that the full moon has a negative effect on primary photosynthetic machinery at dawn. Moreover, full moonlight promotes the transcription of major rhythmic redox genes and many heat shock proteins, suggesting that moonlight is perceived as stress. We confirmed this huge impact of weak light (less than 6 lx) on the transcription of circadian clock genes in controlled conditions mimicking full moonlight.
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