Summary of plant Hormones Flashcards
1
Q
what are an example of auxins?
A
- IAA
2
Q
Give an example of gibrellins ?
A
- Gibbrellic acid
3
Q
where are auxins made?
A
- root tips
- shoot tips
- young leaves
- growing parts of the plants
4
Q
where are gibrellins made?
A
- seeds
- young leaves
5
Q
where is ethene made?
A
- old leaves
- ripening fruit
6
Q
give an example of absiisic acids?
A
- ABA
7
Q
what causes growth of auxins?
A
- growth in shoots by cell division
8
Q
what promotes gibrellins?
A
- seed germination
- flowering
- stem elongation
- lateral shoot growth
9
Q
what promotes ethene?
A
- leaf loss/drop
- fruit ripening
10
Q
what promotes Abscissic acid?
A
- closing stomata
11
Q
what inhibits auxins?
A
- growth in root tips
- leaf loss
12
Q
what inhibits abscissic aicd?
A
- gibrellins (seed germination)
13
Q
what is the commercial use of auxins?
A
- rooting powders
- weed killers
14
Q
what is the commercial use of gibrellins?
A
- seedless grapes
15
Q
what is the commercial use of ethene?
A
- ripen demands in supermarkets