plant hormone

NOUN
  1. (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
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  • New links to the plant hormone, auxin, were also uncovered.
  • Safflower, sunflower, hemp, linseed, sesame, black currant and pumpkin seeds are an excellent source of EFA's, protein, plant hormones and fibre.
  • Gibberellins are a class of plant hormones that exert profound and diverse effects on plant growth and development and that have been implicated in tropic growth responses since the 1970s.
  • Leaf-movement in nyctinastic plants has long been believed to be controlled by plant hormones that are common among all nyctinastic plants.
  • Previous research showed that a growth regulating plant hormone called gibberellin could increase yam dormancy time for food storage purposes.
  • Leyser and her lab study the role of plant hormones, such as auxin, in plant growth. Rosalind Franklin Award Winner: Ottoline Leyser
  • The newly solved structure shows a three-dimensional representation of a critical plant hormone called abscisic acid, attached to its "target" protein called PYR1. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Molecular genetic research reveals that some endogenous genes in plants are responsible for parthenocarpy, even that some genes derived from bacteria can regulate the production of plant hormones.
  • The plant hormone auxin, which is important for nearly every one of the plant's developmental processes, accumulates at the site of infection. Innovations-report
  • Research on natural hormone-like phytoestrogenic compounds - isoflavones - that are found in soy, red clover, black cohosh, etc., suggests that these ‘plant hormones’ can slow bone loss.
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