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ReviewPlant physiology2026

The red and blue light dialog of stomatal regulation for water-efficient crops.

Elena A Pelech, Shellie A Wall, Mae Antonette G Mercado, Tanja A Hofmann, Mengjie Fan, Tracy Lawson

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Review in Plant physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Elena A PelechDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 286 Morrill Hall 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5084-324X
Shellie A WallDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 286 Morrill Hall 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7238-7679
Mae Antonette G MercadoCarl R Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1206 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.ORCID 0009-0008-6948-7853
Tanja A HofmannDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 286 Morrill Hall 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.ORCID 0009-0007-5648-1121
Mengjie FanSchool of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0001-8909-8651
Tracy LawsonDepartment of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 286 Morrill Hall 505 S. Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4073-7221

Funding

Gates Agricultural Innovations 57248Realizing Increased Photosynthetic EfficiencyRIPEUniversity of Illinois
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stomatal responses to changing irradiance have significant impacts on photosynthetic carbon gain as well as on plant water use efficiency. These responses can be broken down into the red or mesophyll response which links stomatal conductance with photosynthesis and the specific blue light response that saturates at low fluence levels and is not linked to photosynthesis. Although the 2 pathways are thought to operate independently, there is growing evidence that they are more closely linked than we first appreciated. Understanding both the independence and interplay between red light (RL) and blue light (BL) responses in stomatal behavior could reveal unexploited but critical targets for sustaining or enhancing intrinsic water-use efficiency (Wi) and crop productivity. In this update review, we synthesize the recent advances in our understanding of the RL and BL stomatal responses and propose future research directions to deepen our mechanistic understanding and inform crop improvement strategies.

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Crops, AgriculturalPlant StomataWaterBlue LightLightPhotosynthesisRed LightWater

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PMID42184979
PMCPMC13524083

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