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Pascale Michelon

Plant hormone and growth regulators - 3 views

  • (Table 5)
  • Hormones are produced naturally by plants, while plant growth regulators are applied to plants by humans
    • Pascale Michelon
       
      This is interesting because it shows you that if you want to manipulate hormones in an experiment you can use plant growth regulators to mimic the action of hormones.
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  • There are five groups of plant-growth-regulating compounds: auxin, gibberellin (GA), cytokinin, ethylene, and abscisic acid (ABA).
  • Ethylene is unique in that it is found only in the gaseous form. It
  • induces ripening, causes leaves to droop (epinasty) and drop (abscission), and promotes senescence.
    • Pascale Michelon
       
      The effects of ethylene (promotion of both aging/death and ripening) may explain why just one bad apple in a basket may spoil the whole bunch.
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    Plant hormones and growth regulators are chemicals that affect flowering; aging; root growth; killing of leaves; prevention or promotion of stem elongation; color enhancement of fruit; prevention of leafing and/or leaf fall; etc.
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