Ethylene (CH 2=CH 2) is an unsaturated hydrocarbon gas (alkene) acting as a naturally occurring plant hormone. It is the simplest alkene gas and is the...
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Plant hormones (or phytohormones) are signal molecules, produced within plants, that occur in extremely low concentrations. Plant hormones control all...
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energy used. Ethylene is also an important natural plant hormone and is used in agriculture to induce ripening of fruits. The hydrate of ethylene is ethanol...
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Programmed senescence seems to be heavily influenced by plant hormones. The hormones abscisic acid, ethylene, jasmonic acid and salicylic acid are accepted by...
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and gases (e.g. ethylene and nitric oxide). Hormones are used to communicate between organs and tissues. In vertebrates, hormones are responsible for...
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important growth and developmental processes. Acting as a plant hormone, the gas ethylene is responsible for promoting the germination of seeds, ripening...
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Hyponastic response (category Plant physiology)
This can be observed in many terrestrial plants and is linked to the plant hormone ethylene. The plant’s root senses the water excess and produces...
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1-Methylcyclopropene (category Plant growth regulators)
derivative used as a synthetic plant growth regulator. It is structurally related to the natural plant hormone ethylene and it is used commercially to...
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Abscission (category Plant anatomy)
proven that it does not play a primary role. In fact, auxin, a plant hormone, and ethylene have been implicated as prominent regulators of abscission signaling...
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Auxin (redirect from Rooting hormone)
Native auxins Auxins (plural of auxin /ˈɔːksɪn/) are a class of plant hormones (or plant-growth regulators) with some morphogen-like characteristics. Auxins...
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variety of different plant hormones and proteins are used to create a negative feedback cycle which keeps the production of ethylene in balance as the fruit...
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Rhizome (category Plant anatomy)
The plant hormones ethylene and jasmonic acid have been found to help induce and regulate the growth of rhizomes, specifically in rhubarb. Ethylene that...
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pathogen attack. Plant immune system activity is regulated in part by signaling hormones such as: Salicylic acid Jasmonic acid Ethylene There can be substantial...
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Progesterone (category Hormones of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis)
sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species. It belongs to a group of steroid hormones called...
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Climacteric (botany) (category Plant physiology)
non-climacteric) have many ethylene-sensitive receptors, the expression of which is modulated during ripening. Ethylene is a hormone in plants known for its role...
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EREBP is responsible in part for mediating the response in plants to the plant hormone ethylene. Allen MD, Yamasaki K, Ohme-Takagi M, Tateno M, Suzuki M...
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physiologists study fundamental processes of plants, such as photosynthesis, respiration, plant nutrition, plant hormone functions, tropisms, nastic movements...
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plant hormones, seed biology and plant DNA repair. She is best known for her work on the gas ethylene, in particular for demonstrating that ethylene is...
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Botany (redirect from Plant biology)
abscission. Ethylene is a gaseous hormone that is produced in all higher plant tissues from methionine. It is now known to be the hormone that stimulates...
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Vascular cambium (redirect from Secondary plant body)
activity are auxins, ethylene, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid and probably more to be discovered. Each one of these plant hormones is vital for regulation...
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anti-ethylene growth regulator silver thiosulfate (STS) increases flower production and longevity in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz)". Plant Growth...
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aminocyclopropane carboxylic acid, which is the precursor to ethylene, a plant hormone. The pyrethroids are the basis of many insecticides. Several cyclopropane...
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Thigmotropism (category Plant physiology)
cucumber hypocotyl, the stem will curve towards the touch. Ethylene, another plant hormone, has also been shown to be an important regulator to the thigmotropic...
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Dwarfing (redirect from Dwarf plant)
them, but instead by hormones produced in response to the stress. Plant hormones act as a signal to the various tissues of plants inducing one or more...
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Gibberellin (category Plant hormones)
Gibberellins (GAs) are plant hormones that regulate various developmental processes, including stem elongation, germination, dormancy, flowering, flower...
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signal for innate immunity. These signals are controlled by hormones such as jasmonic acid, ethylene and abscisic acid. Jasmonic acid induces the prosystemin...
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Nicotiana benthamiana (category Plant models)
plant research. For example, the leaves are rather frail and can be injured in experiments to study ethylene synthesis. Ethylene is a plant hormone which...
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Testosterone (redirect from Testosterone (hormone))
Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males. In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues...
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Catecholamine (redirect from Catecholamine hormone)
promote plant tissue growth, somatic embryogenesis from in vitro cultures, and flowering. CAs inhibit indole-3-acetic acid oxidation and enhance ethylene biosynthesis...
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precursor to the plant hormone ethylene. It is synthesized by the enzyme ACC synthase (EC 4.4.1.14) from methionine and converted to ethylene by ACC oxidase...
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