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    Abstract Gibberellin Acid is a plant hormone that can affect plant growth by manipulating the cell division, stem elongation, and even mobilizes food resources within the endosperm to increase seed germination (Wiathrop, 1998). This experiment took place to test the factor of whether or not gibberellin could allow a seed to germinate and grow in the absence of light. Plants were distributed five drops of gibberellin and then placed in the cabinet for a total of three weeks. Each week, we recorded

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    Regulatory roles of Cytokines and Gibberellins signaling in Response to Environmental Stress Rebeca C. Botnar Department of Biology Student, University of North Carolina Asheville, 1 University Heights, Asheville, NC 28804 Abstract: Cytokines and Gibberellins are known as two of the five major plant phytohormones acknowledged to contain a major impact on plant growth. They regulate plant growth and respond to environmental stress conditions. Cytokines hormone plays a role in the promoting of

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    of time needed for the desired food product to grow to a harvestable quality. This can be done by using chemicals and hormones to trick plants into growing faster than normal. Gibberellins are a group naturally occurring hormones that are involved in plant growth (Dar et al., 2015). Gibberellic acid (GA3) is a gibberellin that can be found in most crop plants as it regulates ripening of fruit and shoot growth (Bhattacharyya and Jha, 2012; Narula, et al., 2006). However, agricultural companies provide

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    Gibberellin Experiment

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    before gibberellin treatment. This is essential in order to calculate and attain the average height of the plants before and after the gibberellin treatment. Next, the first row of both samples (inclusive of approximately five plants each) will serve as the negative control groups where distilled water is the only aspect added. Then, the second row for both samples will require a concentration of 0.1 mg/L gibberellin to be added, while the third row will require that 10 mg/L of gibberellin concentration

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    Effect of Gibberellins

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    The Effects of Gibberellins on stem elongation in dwarf and normal Pea seedlings Abstract The effect of Gibberellins on dwarf and normal peas was studied under laboratory conditions in order to gain a better understanding of plant hormones. Problem: determine how the plant hormone Gibberellins affects on steam elongation and to measure the effect of this hormone on growth. Introduction Plant Hormones are small chemical messengers that act as internal signals within a plant. (Campbell et. at

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    Introduction Gibberellic Acid is a naturally occurring plant growth hormone that belongs to the gibberellin group (Gupta and Chakrabarty, 2013). Gibberellins are responsible for stem growth in plants and regulate the synthesis of proteins. Gibberellic acid is a by-product of the Gibberella Fujikuroi fungi which has the effect of causing developing rice plants’ stems to grow in such an expeditious manner that the plant collapses (John M. Riley, 1987). The experiment’s variables include the independent

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    The Effect of Gibberellic Acid on Wild Type and Rosette Brassica rapa Plants Intro This experiment was performed to test two hypotheses concerning the plant hormone gibberellic acid and a mutant rosette shaped phenotype of the plant Brassica rapa. This experiment was done in order to test the effects o gibberellic acid on plants and its effect on rosette shaped complexes. The two hypotheses in this experiment are as follows: Hypothesis number one states that Gibberellic acid allows for stem elongation

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    The Effect of Gibberellic Acid on the Germination of Seeds Authors Bijin Johnson, Veronica Razon, Harmony Juanta, Charlee Parr and Cathleen Castro. Introduction In this practical, six bags containing twelve histrix cactus seeds each were taken and another six bags containing twelve rocket salad seeds in each bag. Each bag was experimented with different concentrations of gibberellic acid to see how fast each would grow. Gibberellic Acid is an organic molecule whose chemical formula is C₁₉H₂₂O₆

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    The anthropogenic emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses trap heat within the atmosphere, this results in Global Warming, an increase in the planet’s temperature (Vitousek, 1994). Of the potential issues arising due to increased global temperatures, the threat to agriculture is one of the most essential (Cline, 2008). Temperature is crucial to the survivability of plant species, it has been proven to be the key environmental variable in regulation of the dormancy state and germination

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    Materials and Methods This study was completed at Iowa State University. Six large, agar petri plates were chosen for the study. All six plates were in the same location, had the same agar, sunlight access, and elevation. All six plates were arranged for the experiment in the same method; the plates were prepared under an uncontaminated hood, 10 seeds of each plant were placed gently on the agar on separate spots, the same amount of overall liquid was given to the plates, and they were all sealed

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