4/28 lecture

Question 1

Wound healing (auxin mediated responses in shoot/fruit

Answer 1

auxin promotes the de- and re-differentiation of cells into vascular tissue

Question 2

Fruit growth (auxin-mediated responses in the shoot/fruit

Answer 2

auxin is required for fruit growth and will cause fruit development in the absence of pollination

Question 3

Gravitropism- growth response to gravitational pull (auxin mediated responses in the root)

Answer 3

shoot grows away from gravity and roots grow towards gravity