ReviewJournal of experimental botany2025
Making the most of canopy light: shade avoidance under a fluctuating spectrum and irradiance.
Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Leaf Traits, Yield Components, and Seed Quality ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Plant movements: navigating the light environment.Plant physiology · 2026Review
- When wuthering winds create fluttering fields: structural and biomechanical properties determine canopy light fluctuation properties of 10 wheat cultivars.The New phytologist · 2026Article
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- Growth, phytohormone and transcriptome responses ofFrontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Contrasting photosynthetic, stomatal, and mesophyll mechanisms drive common reductions in leaf water-use efficiency under blue light.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Article
- Sensory Perception of Fluctuating Light in Arabidopsis.Plant, cell & environment · 2025Article
- Shining light on photosynthesis.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Article
- A guide to understanding and measuring photosynthetic induction: considerations and recommendations.The New phytologist · 2025Review
- Branching angles in the modulation of plant architecture: Molecular mechanisms, dynamic regulation, and evolution.Plant communications · 2025Review
- Molecular Photosynthesis Research Facilitating Technology Development Towards Enhanced Indoor Farming.Physiologia plantarumReview
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4 authors.
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Abstract
In the field, plants face constantly changing light conditions caused by both atmospheric effects and neighbouring vegetation. This interplay creates a complex, fluctuating light environment within plant canopies. Shade-intolerant species rely on light cues from competitors to trigger shade avoidance responses, ensuring access to light for photosynthesis. While research often uses controlled growth chambers with steady light to study shade avoidance responses, the influence of light fluctuations in real-world settings remains unclear. This review examines the dynamic light environments found in woodlands, grasslands, and crops. We explore how plants respond to some fluctuations but not others, analyse the potential reasons for these differences, and discuss the possible molecular mechanisms regulating this sensitivity. We propose that studying shade avoidance responses under fluctuating light conditions offers a valuable tool to explore the intricate regulatory network behind them.
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