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Solar Radiation

Perception of light
Radiation and Plant Growth • Plants have specific photoreceptors
• Different photoreceptors detect
different wavelengths of light
Total amount (duration or length), intensity and - Phytochromes (red and far-red light)
quality of light will have profound influence on
the energy balance and flow of different - Cryptochromes (blue, green, UV-A light)
components of Earth’s ecosystems. - Phototropin (blue light)
- UV-B receptor (still not identified)

Phytochrome conversion in daylight and PHYTOCHROME


darkness
• Affects the biological clock in plants • ratio of R/FR determines Photoequilibrium of
Phytochrome = [Pfr]/[Ptotal], which regulates stem
extension
Red Rapid conversion
light in daylight
• at low Pfr/Ptotal, plants extend stem at the expense of
leaf and root development to escape shading and
"reach for the light"

Pr Pfr • when more favorable light conditions are reached


(more enriched in red light), Pfr/Ptotal increases, stem
extension slows, and leaf expansion and root
development are promoted.
Slow conversion
in darkness Far-red
Figure 33.12B light

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Key regulatory interactions in the leaf and at the shoot apex
Fotoperiod
Direct interactions are indicated
by bold lines (regulation of
mRNA levels refers to
transcriptional control)

Kobayashi and Weigel 2007


Genes Dev 21: 2371-2384

Shade avoidance Question: how do plants manage to grow in deep


(phytochromes) shade?
e.g. use light flecks

• Vegetation absorbs/reflects
light of wavelengths below
700nm
• Between 700 and 800nm
transmitted
• Plants in shade receive more
far-red light than red light
• Results in increase in rate of
internode elongation
• Grow beyond shading
plants, growth slows as red
light perceived

Intensitas cahaya (Tipe C3) Intensitas cahaya (Tipe C4)

40 70
35 60
Net Asimilation Rate

Net Asimilation Rate

30
50
(mg/cm2/day)

(mg/cm2/day)

25
40
20
30
15
10 20

5 10
0 0
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 0 5000 10000 15000
Light Intencity (fc) Light Intencity (fc)

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Photorespiration
Higher plants, which fix carbon via the C3
pathway, exhibit the process of photorespiration

Rubisco catalyzes the fixation of both C02 and O2

Photorespiratory pathway involves the activities of


at least three different three different cellular
organelles (chloroplast, peroxisome, and
mitochondrion

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