CPD45 (chloroplast division45),which is also known as FHY3 (far-red elongated hypocotyl3), is a key factor in the far-red light signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. We previously showed that FHY3/CPD45 also regulates chloroplast division. Because light is also a regulator of chloroplast development and division, we sought to clarify the relationship between far-red light signaling and chloroplast ...

We show that phytochromes modulate differentially various facets of light-induced ripening of tomato fruit (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Northern analysis demonstrated that phytochrome A mRNA in fruit accumulates 11.4-fold during ripening. Spectroradiometric measurement of pericarp tissues revealed that the red to far-red ratio increases 4-fold in pericarp tissues during ripening from the immature...

the highway safety manual [hsm, 2010] recommends safety evaluations be performed beforeimplementing any roadway treatment to predict the expected safety consequences. safety consequences canbe measured using crash prediction models, crash modification factor (cmfs), or both. this paperdevelops a cmf to show the expected impact of red-light cameras (rlcs) on safety at signalizedintersections. a ...

in order to study of the radiation interception and red to far red light ratio variations in sunflower hybrids under drought stress, nine sunflower hybrids in three separate experiments were compared as randomized complete block designs with three replications at the research station of seed and plant improvement institute in karaj in 2006. first experiment (control) was irrigated based on 60 m...

 Environmental enrichment is one of the methods for improving fish growth performance. In the present trial, the effects of both light color and music on growth performance and survival of goldfish (Carassius auratus) (initial mean weight: 4.15±0.08 g) were investigated for 2 months. Two light color treatments (red light and white light) and three music treatments (M0: without music, M30:30 min...

The absorption of visible light in aquatic environments has led to the common assumption that aquatic organisms sense and adapt to penetrative blue/green light wavelengths but show little or no response to the more attenuated red/far-red wavelengths. Here, we show that two marine diatom species, Phaeodactylum tricornutum and Thalassiosira pseudonana, possess a bona fide red/far-red light sensin...

When filamentous protonemata of Adiantum capillus-veneris L. precultured under continuous red light were transferred to the dark, the apical cell divided about 24 to 36 hours thereafter. The time of the cell division was delayed for several hours by a brief exposure to far red light given before the dark incubation. The effect of far red light was reversed by a small dose of red light given imm...

THE Lancaster diplopia test (Lancaster, 1939) is simple and sensitive, shows topical cyclophoria easily, and is applicable to alternators with abnorinal retinal correspondence, so that in these respects it must be regarded as superior to the Hess test (Hess, 1916). The Lancaster method of recording, however, is less lucid, and attempts have been made, for example by Tulloch (1950) and Hugonnier...

Developing a high-performance photocatalyst and a photoelectrode with enhanced visible light harvesting properties is essential for practical visible light photocatalytic applications. Noble metal-free, highly visible light-active, elemental red phosphorus (RP) was prepared by a facile mechanical ball milling method, which is a reproducible, low cost and controllable synthesis process. The synt...

The elongation of etiolated Avena mesocotyls is inhibited by red light (660 mmu). Immediately after exposing mesocotyl sections to varying doses of red light the ensuing concentrations of phytochrome in the far-red absorbing form (P(730)) were measured. The extent of mesocotyl inhibition observed 5 days later is proportional to the logarithm of P(730) concentration in mesocotyl tissue at the ti...