Another ground breaking paper from Casal’s lab

It is shown that the blue : green photon ratio (B:G) is important in plant responses to vegetation shade and is mediated by cryptochrome.

Romina Sellaro, María Crepy, Santiago Ariel Trupkin, Elizabeth Karayekov, Ana Sabrina Buchovsky, Constanza Rossi and Jorge José Casal (2010) Cryptochrome as a Sensor of the Blue/Green Ratio of Natural Radiation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 154:401-409.