16.1 Plant Hormones and growth in plants

0.0(0)
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/5

flashcard set

Earn XP

Description and Tags

Biology

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

6 Terms

1
New cards

Tropism

Growth response from a plant from an environmental stimulation from one direction.

2
New cards

4 main plant hormones

Auxin, Gibberellin, Ethene, ABA

3
New cards

Auxins

Control cell elongation

Stop abscission

Maintain apical dominance

Stimulate Ethene release

Involved in fruit ripening

Involved in tropisms

4
New cards

Gibberellin

Cause stem elongation

Moving of seed food stores

Stimulate pollen tube growth in fertilisation

5
New cards

Ethene

Causes fruit ripening

Promotes abscission

6
New cards

ABA

Maintains seed and bud dormancy

Stimulates cold protective responses

Stimulates stomatal closing