Artigo Revisado por pares

UV-B as an environmental factor in plant life: stress and regulation

1997; Elsevier BV; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0169-5347(96)10062-8

ISSN

1872-8383

Autores

J. Rozema, J. van de Staaij, Lars Olof Björn, Martyn M. Caldwell,

Tópico(s)

Polar Research and Ecology

Resumo

Recent studies indicate that increasing solar UV-B is not merely an environmental stress for plants. Solar UV-B can cause plant morphogenetic effects, which can, in turn, modify the architecture of plants and the structure of a vegetation, In addition, UV-B radiation affect the production of various secondary metabolites (such as flavonoids, tannins and lignin) with important physiological and ecological consequences.

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