plant hormone

collocation in English

meaningsofplantandhormone

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plant
noun
uk
/plɑːnt/us
/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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hormone
noun[C]
uk
/ˈhɔː.məʊn/us
/ˈhɔːr.moʊn/
any of various chemicals made by living cells that influence the development, growth, sex, etc. of an animal and are carried around the body in ...
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(Definition ofplantandhormonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It would not be surprising to learn that there is extensive cross-talk between cytokinins and otherplanthormonesignalling systems in the regulation of dormancy and germination.
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These chemicals, usually of theplanthormonetype, are selective in their application.
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Unmodified tomatoes are picked before fully ripened and are then artificially ripened using ethylene gas which acts as aplanthormone.
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It was first discovered that theplanthormoneauxin likely regulates apical dominance in 1934.
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She conducted extensive research into interactions between ethylene and auxin (another keyplanthormone) in controlling numerous aspects of plant development.
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In plants, it is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of theplanthormoneabscisic acid.
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This can be observed in many terrestrial plants and is thought to be linked to theplanthormoneethylene.
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The cluster produces coronafacic acid, part of the plant toxin coronatine which mimics theplanthormonejasmonate, contributing to virulence.
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Synthesis in the leaf of aplanthormonecalled auxin also ceases.
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It is believed that theplanthormoneauxin activates the proton pump.
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In fact, auxin, aplanthormone, and ethylene have been implicated as prominent regulators of abscission signaling.
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This colorless crystalline organic acid is widely used in organic synthesis and functions as aplanthormone.
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Recent investigations into apical dominance and the control of branching have revealed a newplanthormonefamily termed strigolactones.
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Ethylene is aplanthormonewhich is secreted, among other situations, after injuries.
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He isolated and determined the structure of auxin, the first knownplanthormone.
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The cells are sensitive to aplanthormonecalled auxin that is produced by the leaf and other parts of the plant.
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This effect is inhibited by theplanthormoneabscisic acid, which keeps the seed dormant.
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The importance of "ent" -copalyl diphosphate synthase inplanthormoneproduction primary metabolism explains its widespread distribution both among species and among different plant tissues.
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This model plant system is especially useful for studies of cell division, cytoskeletons,planthormone signaling, intracellular trafficking, and organelle differentiation.
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Theplanthormoneethylene promotes the production of female flowers.
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