Circadian Regulation Does Not Optimize Stomatal Behaviour

Does circadian regulation lead to optimal gas exchange regulation?

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Genetic variation in circadian regulation of nocturnal stomatal conductance enhances carbon assimilation and growth.

Circadian resonance, whereby a plant's endogenous rhythms are tuned to match environmental cues, has been repeatedly shown to be adaptive, although the underlying mechanisms remain elusive. Concomitantly, the adaptive value of nocturnal transpiration in C3 plants remains unknown because it occurs without carbon assimilation. These seemingly unrelated processes are interconnected because circadi...

New Insights into the Regulation of Stomatal Movements by Red Light, Carbon Dioxide and Circadian Rhythms

Stomata are small adjustable pores formed by pairs of guard cells that enable gas exchange between leaves and the atmosphere, thus directly affecting water loss and CO2 uptake in plants. The current work focuses on the regulation of stomatal movements by red light, carbon dioxide and the circadian system and attempts to uncover molecular mechanisms that control guard cell function. The signalin...

Reality Does Not Recognize Borders

Reality does not recognize borders. Why we should use the very general term of “reality” and not science, because the borders that we draw are pure delusions, and on the opposite side there is the reality. The laws of the universe, either the physical nature of the world which the scientist studies or metaphysics which is the territory of philosophers, it isthe same reality that rules. Today ma...