title: Photomorphogenesis: Plants Feel Blue in the Shade.
abstract: Plants integrate multiple environmental signals to detect and avoid shading from neighbouring vegetation. Two new studies highlight the importance of blue light in the regulation of stem elongation and bending during shade escape.
authors.affiliation: School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Tyndall Avenue, Bristol, UK. Electronic address: kerry.franklin@bristol.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Keara A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Franklin
mesh_terms: D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D055519:Photoreceptors, Plant / Q000502:physiology*; D010788:Photosynthesis / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010944:Plants / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D055519:Photoreceptors, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins