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Light effects on plants

Plant Science ID: T11268

Current Trend

+8%

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175

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162

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Most-Cited Papers (Past 12 Months)

Light regulates the synthesis and accumulation of plant secondary metabolites

Wen‐Yuan Wu et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science · 2025-08-04 · 45 citations

Tomato in the spotlight: light regulation of whole-plant physiology

E. Heuvelink et al. · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2025-07-14 · 23 citations

Vertical farming: productivity, environmental impact, and resource use. A review

Giuseppina Pennisi et al. · Agronomy for Sustainable Development · 2025-09-23 · 18 citations

Learning from nature: phytochemical strategies to protect against UV-B damage

Mustafa Bulut et al. · Nature Communications · 2025-11-11 · 18 citations

Light signal transduction in plants: insights from phytochrome nuclear translocation and photobody formation

Guanxiao Chang et al. · New Phytologist · 2025-09-12 · 17 citations

Rising Papers (High Citation Velocity)

Multifaceted roles of <scp>BBX</scp> transcription factors: impacts on key agronomical traits and environmental resilience

Bruno Silvestre Lira et al. · New Phytologist · 2026-02-18 · 6 citations · FWCI 37

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Far-red light in early growth stages boosts lettuce biomass and preserves anthocyanins

Christopher P. Levine et al. · Annals of Botany · 2026-02-06 · 2 citations

Protease inhibitor regulation of proteins involved in heat-induced leaf senescence in creeping bentgrass

Stephanie Rossi et al. · Annals of Botany · 2026-03-05 · 1 citations

Boundary-line trade-off in bryophytes between UV photoprotection and photosynthetic capacity, but not desiccation tolerance

Alicia Perera-Castro et al. · Annals of Botany · 2025-10-07 · 1 citations