- Auxin - a class of plant hormone essential for plant body development
- Here are the functions of the auxin hormone, which I found here
- Stimulates cell elongation
- Stimulates cell division in the cambium and, in combination with cytokinins in tissue culture
- Stimulates differentiation of phloem and xylem
- Stimulates root initiation on stem cuttings and lateral root development in tissue culture
- Mediates the tropistic response of bending in response to gravity and light
- The auxin supply from the apical bud suppresses growth of lateral buds
- Delays leaf senescence
- Can inhibit or promote (via ethylene stimulation) leaf and fruit abscission
- Can induce fruit setting and growth in some plants
- Involved in assimilate movement toward auxin possibly by an effect on phloem transport
- Delays fruit ripening
- Promotes flowering in Bromeliads
- Stimulates growth of flower parts
- Promotes (via ethylene production) femaleness in dioecious flowers
- Stimulates the production of ethylene at high concentrations
- Abscisic Acid - a plant hormone that functions in many plant developmental processes, including bud dormancy. It is a single compound, unlike auxins.
- Here are the functions of the abscisic acid hormone, which I found here
- Stimulates the closure of stomata (water stress brings about an increase in ABA synthesis).
- Inhibits shoot growth but will not have as much affect on roots or may even promote growth of roots.
- Induces seeds to synthesize storage proteins.
- Inhibits the affect of gibberellins on stimulating de novo synthesis of a-amylase.
- Has some effect on induction and maintanance of dormancy.
- Induces gene transcription especially for proteinase inhibitors in response to wounding which may explain an apparent role in pathogen defense.
- Ethylene - an important natural plant hormone, used in agriculture to force the ripening of fruits. Unlike other plant hormones, it is a gaseous hormone.
- Here are the functions of the ethylene hormone, which I found here
- Stimulates the release of dormancy.
- Stimulates shoot and root growth and differentiation (triple response)
- May have a role in adventitious root formation.
- Stimulates leaf and fruit abscission.
- Stimulates Bromiliad flower induction.
- Induction of femaleness in dioecious flowers.
- Stimulates flower opening.
- Stimulates flower and leaf senescence.
- Stimulates fruit ripening.
http://plantcellbiology.masters.grkraj.org/html/Plant_Growth_And_Development3-Plant_Hormones-Auxins.htm |
http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/C/Cress(Thale)/Cress(Thale).htm |
http://www.pnas.org/content/103/20.cover-expansion |
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