How is this possible? The explanation came from one of the 20th century’s great discoveries in plant science: detection of the elusive pigment phytochrome, whose action determines how plants are able ...

Plants 'see' this through the light-sensitive pigment phytochrome," says Ronald Pierik, professor of molecular biology at Wageningen University & Research. The pigment is like a switch ...

E. Lopez-Juez, A. Nagatani, K.-I. Tomizawa, M. Deak, R. Kern, R.E. Kendrick, M. Furuya, "The cucumber long hypocotyl mutant lacks a light-stable PHYB-like phytochrome ...

Distribution and spectral composition of light in the water column, representation of the spectrum of the diatom phytochrome ... Like terrestrial plants, they store atmospheric CO₂, and produce ...

Plants' ability to sense light and temperature ... Though all of them contain the temperature-sensing protein phytochrome B, some of these organelles are sensitive to temperature, and others ...