The green light gap: a window of opportunity for optogenetic control of stomatal movement

What is it about?

Plants have sensors for various colors of light but are not very sensitive to green light. For this reason, green light signals can be applied to plants, with a minimal impact on their growth. In this review, we explore the possibility to use green pulses to activate so called optogenetics tools (proteins that enable the passage of ions through cell membranes upon illumination). Such tools can be used to address outstanding questions in plant biology and may have future applications in agri- and horticulture.

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