Abstract
Plants respond to light to undergo adaptive changes in their growth patterns.The idea that these responses are mediated by plant hormones has long been investigated. In fact, the first-identified plant hormone auxin was discovered and the original plant hormone concept was formulated through the studies of coleoptile phototropism, a light-induced growth movement. The role for auxin has since been a central subject of phototropism research. The elongation growth of seedling organs such as mesocotyls and hypocotyls is subject to marked lightinduced inhibition. Evidence has been provided that auxin and other plant hormones participate in these typical photomorphogenetic responses. This chapter reviews and discusses the mechanisms of phototropism and photomorphogenesis, focusing on the role played by the native auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA). Our understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which auxin mediates these physiological processes is far from complete, but recent molecular genetic studies have began to yield useful information.
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Iino, M., Haga, K. (2005). Roles Played by Auxin in Phototropism and Photomorphogenesis. In: Wada, M., Shimazaki, Ki., Iino, M. (eds) Light Sensing in Plants. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-27092-2_31
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