The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a review
Light provides the necessary energy for plant photosynthesis, which allows plants to produce organic matter and energy conversion, during plant growth and development. Light provides material energy to plants as the basis for cell division and differentiation, chlorophyll synthesis, tissue growth an...
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| author | Wenyuan Wu Long Chen Long Chen Rentao Liang Shiping Huang Xiang Li Bilei Huang Huimin Luo Miao Zhang Xiaoxun Wang Hua Zhu |
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| description | Light provides the necessary energy for plant photosynthesis, which allows plants to produce organic matter and energy conversion, during plant growth and development. Light provides material energy to plants as the basis for cell division and differentiation, chlorophyll synthesis, tissue growth and stomatal movement, and light intensity, photoperiod, and light quality play important roles in these processes. There are several regulatory mechanisms involved in sugar metabolism in plants, and light, as one of the regulatory factors, affects cell wall composition, starch granules, sucrose synthesis, and vascular bundle formation. Similarly, sugar species and genes are affected in the context of light-regulated sugar metabolism. We searched the available databases and found that there are fewer relevant reviews. Therefore, this paper provides a summary of the effects of light on plant growth and development and sugar metabolism, further elaborates on the mechanisms of light effects on plants, and provides some new insights for a better understanding of how plant growth is regulated under different light conditions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fea5df09d7594c5d94a512f98758e9602025-01-07T06:46:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2025-01-011510.3389/fpls.2024.15076281507628The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a reviewWenyuan Wu0Long Chen1Long Chen2Rentao Liang3Shiping Huang4Xiang Li5Bilei Huang6Huimin Luo7Miao Zhang8Xiaoxun Wang9Hua Zhu10Guangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaNutrition and Bromatology Group, Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Instituto de Agroecoloxía e Alimentación (IAA) – CITEXVI, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, SpainGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaGuangxi Zhuang and Yao Ethnic Medicine Key Laboratory, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning, ChinaLight provides the necessary energy for plant photosynthesis, which allows plants to produce organic matter and energy conversion, during plant growth and development. Light provides material energy to plants as the basis for cell division and differentiation, chlorophyll synthesis, tissue growth and stomatal movement, and light intensity, photoperiod, and light quality play important roles in these processes. There are several regulatory mechanisms involved in sugar metabolism in plants, and light, as one of the regulatory factors, affects cell wall composition, starch granules, sucrose synthesis, and vascular bundle formation. Similarly, sugar species and genes are affected in the context of light-regulated sugar metabolism. We searched the available databases and found that there are fewer relevant reviews. Therefore, this paper provides a summary of the effects of light on plant growth and development and sugar metabolism, further elaborates on the mechanisms of light effects on plants, and provides some new insights for a better understanding of how plant growth is regulated under different light conditions.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1507628/fulllightplantgrowing developmentsugar metabolismphotosynthesis |
| spellingShingle | Wenyuan Wu Long Chen Long Chen Rentao Liang Shiping Huang Xiang Li Bilei Huang Huimin Luo Miao Zhang Xiaoxun Wang Hua Zhu The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a review Frontiers in Plant Science light plant growing development sugar metabolism photosynthesis |
| title | The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a review |
| title_full | The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a review |
| title_fullStr | The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a review |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a review |
| title_short | The role of light in regulating plant growth, development and sugar metabolism: a review |
| title_sort | role of light in regulating plant growth development and sugar metabolism a review |
| topic | light plant growing development sugar metabolism photosynthesis |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2024.1507628/full |
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