Definition of photoresponse in English:
photoresponse
noun ˌfəʊtəʊrɪˈspɒnsˌfōdōrəˈspäns
Biology A response of a plant or other organism to light, mediated otherwise than through photosynthesis.
Example sentencesExamples
- According to the hypothesis, a photoresponse such as flowering is set in motion when daylight overlaps with a part of the cycle at which the concentration of the molecule exceeds a certain threshold value.
- The action spectrum for the overall photoresponse of plants, however, extends below 400 nm and beyond 700 nm, and there is a significant minimum in the green region.
- In recent years, signal transduction pathways controlling photoresponses in plants has been demonstrated.
- Their photoresponse was enhanced remarkably, and they possessed higher photodynamic activity than the other derivatives.
- The larval photoresponse is thus dependent on the larval photoreceptors.