Evidence for Two Photoreactions and Possible Involvement of Phytochrome in Light-dependent Stomatal Opening
- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 51 (3) , 543-548
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.51.3.543
Abstract
Leaves of the xantha mutant of Helianthus annuus have a higher rate of transpiration and a lower diffusive resistance in the light than in the dark. Stomates of this nonphotosynthetic mutant open in the light and close in the dark.Keywords
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