How does a tiny molecule help shape the future of global food security? Researchers from the University of Tasmania have provided new insights into auxin, a master plant hormone, and its vital role in ...

We propose a role for the plant hormone auxin as an integrator of the activities of multiple plant hormones to control plant growth in response to the environment. Plants are sessile organisms and ...

Auxins are an important class of hormones that affect how plants grow ... plants' reaction to the direction of gravity, and the structure of roots. To protect against pathogens, plants can reduce ...

The results have been published in Current Biology. The study highlights how ABA and auxin, another key hormone, work together to shape root growth angle, providing a potential strategy to develop ...

One method of making fruit grow without seeds inside is to spray the flower with hormones such as auxin or gibberellin. This is called parthenocarpic fruit development. Dormancy stops seeds ...

Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones ... The acid growth theory states that the auxin-induced acidification of plant cell walls causes their expansion. A model now suggests that excessive ...

Just like phototropism, gravitropism is also caused by an unequal distribution of auxin. When a stem is placed horizontally, the bottom side contains more auxin and grows more - causing the stem ...

Dr. Spicer is interested in how the structure of wood affects the overall physiology ... The focus of this research is to track the flow of the plant hormone auxin as it moves from young developing ...