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The fluence response of the blue light induced carotenoid synthesis inNeurospora is biphasic. Using fluence rates between 0.3 and 40 Wm-2, increasing illumination times beyond 16 min (at 20°C) result in a second rise of the amount of carotenoids synthesized in the subsequent dark period. On altering the temperature, the transition point to the second phase of the response is shifted to shorter/longer illumination periods with increasing/decreasing temperature, respectively. The transition point can also be shifted by administering high fluence rates of near UV light: The start of the second phase is already triggered after an irradiation time of 2 min. The findings suggest that elements of the transduction sequence become depleted and senstivity recovers in a temperature-dependent process. The biphasic response and the effects of UV light are discussed in relation to the transduction mechanism and to the ecological significance.
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Schrott, E.L. Fluence response relationship of carotenogenesis inNeurospora crassa . Planta 150, 174–179 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00582363
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