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How do plant hormones (often called plant growth regulators) travel between secreting cells and target cells?
To explain: The way in which plant hormones travel between secreting cells and target cells.
Introduction: Plant hormones are chemical molecules or messengers produced in plants in response to their external stimuli. They are also known as “phytohormones”. It plays a major role in communication and co-ordination between the cells of plants also regulates the aspects of plant life including the growth and development.
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Plant hormones are signal molecules that regulate the plant processes. It acts as a messenger that travels throughout the plant and causes a specific physiological change in their target site. In plants, hormones travel between different parts through vascular tissue and even it travels in air as a gas to reach their target site. They also travel through plasmodesmata to communicate between cells.
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