Talk:Nyctinasty

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 27 August 2018 and 8 December 2018. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): ElizabethKaye85.

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I am suggesting the re-wording/rephrasing of a portion of the second paragraph of this page:

Plants utilize the photoreceptor phytochrome to direct physiological responses in the plant. In the process known as dark reversion, light absorption in the plant switches from Pfr (Phytochrome Far-red) to Pr (Phytochrome Red) during the nocturnal portion of a diurnal circadian cycle, as the far-red decays to red light absorption.. This change in phenotype by the plant via photoperiodism are regulated by an internal clock and overseen by the phytochrome system which influence the opening and closing of leaves associated with nyctastic movements. Anatomically, the nyctastic movements are mediated by pulvini. ElizabethKaye85 (talk) 03:22, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

WHY do plants do this? Is it an evolutionary adaptation? If so, to what? 66.67.24.71 (talk) 18:39, 30 April 2011 (UTC)