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Phytochrome Regulation of Plant Development at the Whole Plant, Physiological, and Molecular Levels

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Sensory Perception and Transduction in Aneural Organisms

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Of the many environmental factors which play a role in the survival, growth, and reproduction of green plants, light is among the most crucial. Not only does it drive the process of photosynthesis, through which its energy is transduced through the photosynthetic pigments into usable chemical form, but it also provides vital environmental information which can affect seed germination, leaf growth, stem growth, flowering, and a host of other processes. Such effects of light, in which it provides an environmental cue to trigger a given response, rather than providing a direct energy source for the response itself, collectively define the field of photomorphogenesis. An excellent series of review articles on photomorphogenesis was recently edited by Shropshire and Mohr (1983).

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    Winslow R. Briggs, Dina F. Mandoli, James R. Shinkle, Lon S. Kaufman, John C. Watson & William F. Thompson

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Briggs, W.R., Mandoli, D.F., Shinkle, J.R., Kaufman, L.S., Watson, J.C., Thompson, W.F. (1985). Phytochrome Regulation of Plant Development at the Whole Plant, Physiological, and Molecular Levels. In: Colombetti, G., Lenci, F., Song, PS. (eds) Sensory Perception and Transduction in Aneural Organisms. NATO ASI Series, vol 89. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2497-3_16

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