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Shade light signals cause shade-avoidance responses throughout the life cycle of plants of Arabidopsis thaliana.
The upper set of pictures shows the progression of Arabidopsis plants under open conditions. Shade light causes alternative growth and developmental patterns including the repression of seed germination, the promotion of hypocotyl growth, the promotion of petiole growth and more erect leaves and early flowering.
