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Integrating tunable LED‐induced plant responses with novel solar cell technologies for energy‐efficient agrivoltaic systems

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The increasing demand for sustainable food production requires innovative solutions that balance productivity, resource efficiency, and environmental impact. Vertical Farming Systems (VFSs) offer a promising approach; however, their high energy consumption remains challenging.
Alessio Dessì, Carlo Spampinato, Fabiano Sillo, Salvatore Valastro, Mauro Centritto, Cecilia Brunetti, Andrea Ghirardo, Jörg‐Peter Schnitzler, Alessandra Alberti, Gianna Reginato, Aurora Rizzo, Raffaella Balestrini   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting light demands determine the coordination of plants' non‐structural carbohydrates and economic strategy over the range of solar spectral composition

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Non‐structural carbohydrates (NSC) are critical mediators of plant adaptation to fluctuating light environments. They are tightly coordinated with plant economic strategy, that is, leaf economics spectrum (LES) and root economics spectrum (RES).
Lulu Xie, Jingran Ma, Jiaojiao Deng, Thomas Matthew Robson, Dapao Yu, Li Zhou, Qing‐Wei Wang   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shedding Light on Animal Cryptochromes

PLoS Biology, 2008
Anyone who's neglected a houseplant for any length of time knows that plants can't survive without light. But it's more complicated than that; in addition to serving as an energy source, light is used by plants as a signal to sense and respond to the environment.
openaire   +4 more sources

Comparison of retinol binding protein 1 with cone specific G-protein as putative effector molecules in cryptochrome signalling

Scientific Reports
Vision and magnetoreception in navigating songbirds are strongly connected as recent findings link a light dependent radical-pair mechanism in cryptochrome proteins to signalling pathways in cone photoreceptor cells. A previous yeast-two-hybrid screening
Chad Yee, Rabea Bartölke, Katharina Görtemaker, Jessica Schmidt, Bo Leberecht, Henrik Mouritsen, Karl-Wilhelm Koch   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Magnetic sensitivity of cryptochrome 4 from a migratory songbird

Nature, 2021
Jingjing Xu, Lauren E. Jarocha, Tilo M. Zollitsch, Marcin Konowalczyk, K. Henbest, S. Richert, Matthew J. Golesworthy, J. Schmidt, Victoire Déjean, Daniel J. C. Sowood, M. Bassetto, Jiate Luo, Jessica R. Walton, Jessica Fleming, Yujing Wei, Tommy L. Pitcher, G. Moise, Maike Herrmann, Hang Yin, Haijia Wu, Rabea Bartölke, Stefanie J Käsehagen, Simon Horst, Glen Dautaj, Patrick D F Murton, A. Gehrckens, Y. Chelliah, J. Takahashi, K. Koch, S. Weber, I. Solov’yov, Can Xie, S. Mackenzie, C. Timmel, H. Mouritsen, P. Hore   +35 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cryptochrome 2 competes with COP1 substrates to repress COP1 ubiquitin ligase activity during Arabidopsis photomorphogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019
Significance Plants adapt their growth and development to ambient light conditions by modulating the activity of the COP1/SPA ubiquitin ligase. In Arabidopsis, photoactivated cryptochromes interact directly with COP1/SPA to suppress the activity of COP1 ...
Jathish Ponnu, Tabea Riedel, Eva Penner, Andrea Schrader, U. Hoecker   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Selection, counterselection, and conditional gene expression for genetic biocontrol of insects

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Selection, counterselection, and conditional expression can be used for sex separation. Selection (S) and counterselection (CS) genes are linked to the sex chromosomes (e.g., the X and Y chromosomes) to confer sex‐specific selection or counterselection based on the presence or absence of the S or CS genes.
Melanie Hempel, Zhijian Tu
wiley   +1 more source

Avian cryptochrome 4 binds superoxide

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal
Flavin-binding cryptochromes are blue-light sensitive photoreceptors that have been implicated with magnetoreception in some species. The photocycle involves an intra-protein photo-reduction of the flavin cofactor, generating a magnetosensitive radical pair, and its subsequent re-oxidation.
Jean Deviers, Fabien Cailliez, Aurélien de la Lande, Daniel R. Kattnig   +3 more
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Enhancing the vase life of cut roses through spectral optimisation during greenhouse cultivation

Annals of Applied Biology, EarlyView.
Here, we examined three red‐to‐blue (R:B) light emitting diode (LED) ratios (90:10, 80:20 and 70:30) in two cut rose cultivars. All treatments enhanced photosynthesis, with 90:10 showing the strongest effects—raising chlorophyll, carotenoids, anthocyanins and carbohydrate levels, and extending vase life by up to 30%.
Maryam Davarzani, Sasan Aliniaeifard, Mahboobeh Zare Mehrjerdi, Mahmoud Reza Roozban, Seyyed Arash Saeedi, Dimitrios Fanourakis, Nazim S. Gruda   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Melanin in the Retinal Epithelium and Magnetic Sensing: A Review of Current Studies

Biophysica
Coming in a variety of forms, melanin is one of the most abundant, stable, diverse, and evolutionarily ancient pigments found in living things in nature. These pigments often serve protective functions, typically well-adapted to their specific roles. One
Lidia Zueva, Vassiliy Tsytsarev, Janaina Alves, Mikhail Inyushin   +3 more
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