Biology
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134813448
Author: Audesirk, Teresa, Gerald, Byers, Bruce E.
Publisher: Pearson,
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Chapter 46, Problem 5MC
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Plant hormones coordinate the development and ripening of fruits and seeds. Seed maturation is closely coordinated with fruit ripening because most seeds are dispersed in fruits. Auxins, gibberellins, ethylene, and abscisic acid are the important plant hormones. Tropisms represent the movement towards or away from the specific environmental stimuli. Tropisms are mainly caused by unequal cell elongation. It takes place when a stimulus enhances or inhibits cell elongation without disturbing the rate of cell division.
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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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