Plant Physiology: Out in the Midday Sun, Plants Keep Their Cool

Daphne Ezer; Philip A Wigge

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.026

Plant Physiology: Out in the Midday Sun, Plants Keep Their Cool

Curr Biol. 2017 Jan 9;27(1):R28-R30. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.026.

Authors

Daphne Ezer¹, Philip A Wigge²

Affiliations

¹ Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge, UK.
² Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Bateman Street, Cambridge, UK. Electronic address: Philip.wigge@slcu.cam.ac.uk.

PMID: 28073019
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.11.026

Abstract

Plants use context-dependent information to calibrate growth responses to temperature signals. A new study shows that plants modulate their sensitivity to temperature depending on whether or not they are in direct sunlight. This enables them to make adaptive decisions in a complex natural environment.

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MeSH terms

Photosynthesis
Plant Leaves*
Plant Physiological Phenomena
Plants
Sunlight*

Grants and funding

BBS/E/J/00000610/BB_/Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council/United Kingdom