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Modelling the light environment

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Photomorphogenesis in Plants

Abstract

Natural light at the surface of the earth is almost synonymous with light from the sun. Light from other stars has, as far as is known, photobiological importance only for the navigation by night-migrating birds. Moonlight, which originates from the sun, is important for the setting of some biological rhythms. It has been claimed that a full moon may perturb the photoperiodism of some short-day plants, and also synchronize rhythms in some marine animals. However, the majority of photobiological phenomena are ruled by daylight, and the remainder of this chapter will be devoted to this topic.

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  1. Section of Plant Physiology, Lund University, Box 7007, S-220 07, Lund, Sweden

    Lars Olof Björn

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  1. Department of Plant Physiology, Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    R. E. Kendrick  & G. H. M. Kronenberg  & 

  2. Laboratory for Photoperception and Signal Transduction, Frontier Research Program, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako City, Saitama, Japan

    R. E. Kendrick

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Björn, L.O. (1994). Modelling the light environment. In: Kendrick, R.E., Kronenberg, G.H.M. (eds) Photomorphogenesis in Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1884-2_19

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