plant physiology

The findings published in Plant Physiology found the peak closure of stomata is achieved within a time frame of 24 to 30 hours.

During the Cenozoic, for example, long-term declines in CO2 and associated climate cooling may have driven changes to plant physiology, species competition and dominance, which in turn impacted mammalian evolution.

Santiago's laboratory is focused on plant physiology, the chemical and physical processes associated with plant life.

"The reflection of species' preferred climate in their wood and leaves evidently arose from millennia of evolution that matched plant physiology to climate across California," Medeiros said.

Dr Jones, looking for an optogenetic gene expression switch that could be applied under normal horticultural light conditions without impacting on endogenous plant physiology and development, sought advice from J. Clark Lagarias, from UC Davis, who is an expert in phytochrome and cyanobacteriochrome light-switches.