Publication Date:
2014-11-05
Description:
Plants use phytochrome photoreceptors to determine their proximity to other plants, to gauge the intensity of vegetational shade, and to determine whether they are near the surface of bare soil or buried under leaf litter. In each case, phytochromes are measuring the ratio of red (R) to far-red (FR) light...
Print ISSN:
0027-8424
Electronic ISSN:
1091-6490
Topics:
Biology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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