Science news articles about 'plant growth hormone'

  • Biologists identify genes controlling rhythmic plant growth

    ... that these genes control the complex interplay of plant growth hormones, plant light sensors and circadian ... hours to allow a wave of multiple plant growth hormones to act within the cells, then ...
  • Understanding natural crop defenses

    ... that detects other plants crowding in and gives the signal to switch on the synthesis of the plant growth hormone auxin ... avoidance detects neighbors, plants start producing the growth hormone auxin and transport it to their stems ...
  • Protein power for Jack and the beanstalk

    ... geneticists are on a determined quest — to control auxin, a powerful plant growth hormone. Auxin tells ... Auxin is considered the most important plant hormone for plant growth and root growth. Prof. Yalovsky ...
  • Plant growth hormones: Antagonists cooperate

    ... two most important growth hormones of plants, so far considered antagonists, also work synergistically ... minimum, which is key for plant growth and survival. "We're gradually beginning to understand how hormonal and genetic ...
  • Different evolutionary paths lead plants and animals to the same crossroads

    ... analyzing the molecular sensor for the plant growth hormone brassinolide, researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological ... . "Binding of brassinolide to its receptor allows plants to adjust growth when they need to outcompete their neighbors to reach ...
  • New tool puts plant hormone under surveillance

    ... ) -- Charles Darwin was the first to speculate that plants contain hormones. His pioneering research led to the identification of the very first and key plant growth hormone — auxin — in 1937 ...

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