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Light-Mediated Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development.
Journal article

Light-Mediated Hormonal Regulation of Plant Growth and Development.

  • de Wit M Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; email: mieke.dewit@unil.ch , vinicius.costagalvao@unil.ch , christian.fankhauser@unil.ch.
  • Galvão VC Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; email: mieke.dewit@unil.ch , vinicius.costagalvao@unil.ch , christian.fankhauser@unil.ch.
  • Fankhauser C Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; email: mieke.dewit@unil.ch , vinicius.costagalvao@unil.ch , christian.fankhauser@unil.ch.
  • 2016-02-25
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  • Annual review of plant biology. - 2016
flowering
germination
photomorphogenesis
phototropism
shade avoidance
Flowers
Germination
Light
Photosynthesis
Phototrophic Processes
Phototropism
Plant Development
Plant Growth Regulators
Plants
Signal Transduction
English Light is crucial for plant life, and perception of the light environment dictates plant growth, morphology, and developmental changes. Such adjustments in growth and development in response to light conditions are often established through changes in hormone levels and signaling. This review discusses examples of light-regulated processes throughout a plant's life cycle for which it is known how light signals lead to hormonal regulation. Light acts as an important developmental switch in germination, photomorphogenesis, and transition to flowering, and light cues are essential to ensure light capture through architectural changes during phototropism and the shade avoidance response. In describing well-established links between light perception and hormonal changes, we aim to give insight into the mechanisms that enable plants to thrive in variable light environments.
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