Plant responses to vegetation proximity: a whole life avoiding shade

In high density of vegetation, plants detect neighbors by perceiving changes in light quality through phytochrome photoreceptors. Close vegetation proximity might result in competition for resources, such as light. To face this challenge, plants have evolved two alternative strategies: to either tol...

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Main Authors: Irma eRoig-Villanova, Jaime F Martinez-Garcia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2016.00236/full