Pearson eText Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology -- Instant Access (Pearson+)
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ISBN: 9780135755785
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk
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Chapter 46, Problem 4FIB
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Plant hormones play an essential role in the growth and development of plants. Plant hormones are the chemicals secreted by specific cells and transported via xylem and phloem to other parts of the plants... There are six major plant hormones: auxin, gibberellin, cytokinin, ethylene, abscisic acid, and florigen. Each plant hormone has different function and they regulate the development of plants through its life cycle
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Ch. 46.1 - list six important types of plant hormones?Ch. 46.1 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Explain how the Darwin experiments using caps and...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 1CTCh. 46.2 - Prob. 2TCCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3TCCh. 46.2 - Agricultural biotechnologists have developed...Ch. 46.2 - explain the roles of plant hormones in seed...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3CYL
Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 4CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 5CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 6CYLCh. 46.3 - Although insects are major plant predators,...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 46.3 - explain how plants that are attacked by predators...Ch. 46.3 - explain how plants that are attacked by predators...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 46.3 - Prob. 4CYLCh. 46.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 46 - Prob. 1MCCh. 46 - Prob. 2MCCh. 46 - Prob. 3MCCh. 46 - Prob. 4MCCh. 46 - Prob. 5MCCh. 46 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 46 - The hormone _________ causes stomata to close when...Ch. 46 - Compare phototropism and gravitropism in roots and...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2RQCh. 46 - What is a phytochrome? How do the two forms of...Ch. 46 - Which hormones cause fruit development? Which...Ch. 46 - What is senescence? Describe some changes that...Ch. 46 - Prob. 6RQCh. 46 - Describe one example of a plant chemical defense...Ch. 46 - Describe how a sensitive plant closes its leaves....Ch. 46 - A student reporting on a project said that one of...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2AC
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