Horticultural Supply Chains Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 630, 6700 AP Wageningen, The Netherlands.
Trends Plant Sci. 2011 Jun;16(6):310-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2011.02.003. Epub 2011 Mar 9.
Continuous light is an essential tool for understanding the plant circadian clock. Additionally, continuous light might increase greenhouse food production. However, using continuous light in research and practice has its challenges. For instance, most of the circadian clock-oriented experiments were performed under continuous light; consequently, interactions between the circadian clock and the light signaling pathway were overlooked. Furthermore, in some plant species continuous light induces severe injury, which is only poorly understood so far. In this review paper, we aim to combine the current knowledge with a modern conceptual framework. Modern genomic tools and rediscovered continuous light-tolerant tomato species (Solanum spp.) could boost the understanding of the physiology of plants under continuous light.
持续光照是理解植物生物钟的重要工具。此外，持续光照可能会增加温室食物产量。然而，在研究和实践中使用持续光照也存在挑战。例如，大多数与生物钟相关的实验都是在持续光照下进行的；因此，忽略了生物钟和光信号通路之间的相互作用。此外，在一些植物物种中，持续光照会导致严重的损伤，但目前对此知之甚少。在这篇综述文章中，我们旨在结合当前的知识和一个现代的概念框架。现代基因组工具和重新发现的耐持续光照的番茄物种（Solanum spp.）可以促进我们对植物在持续光照下的生理的理解。
