Physiological regulation and functional significance of shade avoidance responses to neighbors

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 655-662

  Keuskamp, Diederik H ^a   Sasidharan, Rashmi ^a   Pierik, Ronald ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Cell wall; Competition; Hormones; Light; Photoreceptor; Shade avoidance

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

LIGHT; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79953031064     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.6.11401     Document Type: Review

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