Even though light is the source of energy for photosynthesis, it can also be harmful to plants.
Light-induced damage is targetted mainly to Photosystem II and leads to inactivation of …

Photosynthesis is currently a focus for crop improvement. The majority of this work has taken
place and been assessed in leaves, and limited consideration has been given to the …

Wood is a major pool of organic carbon that is highly resistant to decay, owing largely to the
presence of lignin. The only organisms capable of substantial lignin decay are white rot …

Mutations in the period (per) gene of Drosophila melanogaster affect both circadian and
ultradian rhythms. Levels of per gene product undergo circadian oscillation, and it is now …

Modern tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) varieties are bred for uniform ripening (u) light
green fruit phenotypes to facilitate harvests of evenly ripened fruit. U encodes a Golden 2 …

Influx of solar UV-B radiation (280–320 nm) will probably increase in the future due to
depletion of stratospheric ozone. In plants, there are several targets for the deleterious UV-B …

Postharvest heat treatments lead to an alteration of gene expression and fruit ripening can
sometimes be either delayed or disrupted. The extent of the alternation of fruit ripening is a …

The light-harvesting complexes form the photosynthetic apparatus found in most
photosynthetic organisms including cyanobacteria, red algae, diatoms and dinoflagellates …

Although genomes of mitochondria and plastids are very small compared to those of their
bacterial ancestors, the transcription machineries of these organelles are of surprising …

The abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthetic pathway involves the formation of a 9‐cis‐
epoxycarotenoid precursor. Oxidative cleavage then results in the formation of xanthoxin …