Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Daily humidity oscillation regulates the circadian clock to influence plant physiology

  • Musoki Mwimba,
  • Sargis Karapetyan,
  • Lijing Liu,
  • Jorge Marqués,
  • Erin M. McGinnis,
  • Nicolas E. Buchler,
  • Xinnian Dong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06692-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Humidity has been shown to influence many aspects of plant physiology. Here Mwimba et al. show that oscillating humidity entrains the circadian clock under constant light conditions and enhances clock amplitude in simulated natural environments, while also improving immunity and overall growth.