Triggering of events Flashcards

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Why do plants respond?

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To increase evolutionary fitness as this maximises number of successful offspring

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Why are plant responses needed?

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The environment is uneven and variable both biotically and abiotically

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How are plant responses coordinated?

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By hormones which are released by cells

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How are plant hormones released?

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By the whole organism so are decentralised

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How do plant hormones move?

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By diffusion, active transport as mass flow so need to be small

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What are the types of triggering events?

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Timed events through life and protecting against biotic and abiotic factors

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What are examples of time events through life?

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Fruit ripening, seed germination, responding to abiotic stress and leaf loss

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What are examples of protecting against biotic and abiotic stress?

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Responding to abiotic stress and producing defences against herbivory

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What controls fruit ripening?

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Ethene

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What is a climacteric fruit?

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It needs ethylene for ripening and continues to ripen after being picked

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What are examples of climacteric fruits?

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Apples, bananas, mango, peach, pears, avocado and melon

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What is non-climacteric fruit?

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Fruit that does not need ethylene to ripen

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What are examples of non-climacteric fruit?

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Citrus, grapes, watermelon and strawberries

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How do supermarkets deal with ripening fruit?

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They pick before ripe and keep cold so they can spend longe before becoming ripe and fruit is firm to reduce damage during transport

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15
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What controls seed germination?

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Gibberellins

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What inhibits germination?

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Light, other than in certain plants such as poppies

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What is experimental evidence for the role of giberellins?

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If mutant plants which lack to gene to produce gibberellins are produced, they will not germinate, but if gibberellins are applied, they will germinate.

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How do plants deal with abiotic stress when born into darkness?

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Grow pale, as no chlorophyll and long and thin to maximise resources before reaching light

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How do plants cope with reeling?

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Leaf loss, cytoplasm and vacuole contain solutes with lower freezing point and production of sugar, polysaccharides, amino acids or proteins to act as anti freeze

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Why do leaves fall off?

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Reduce the chance of storm damage, nutrients can be re absorbed, little photosynthesis, minimise water loss and can use resources to prevent freezing

21
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What is senescence and abcission?

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Growing brown and falling off

22
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What inhibits senescence?

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What inhibits abscission?

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What happens when there is a drop in cytokines?

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Senescence is initiated

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What is the result of senescence initiation?
A reduction in auxin production
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What is the result of a reduction of auxin?
Cells in the abscission zone become sensitive to ethene and this initiates cellulose production with digest cell walls, causing abscission
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What is synergism?
The interaction of 2 factors where the outcome is greater than the sum of the individual effects of either of them
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What is antagonism?
The interaction of 2 factors that are driving the outcome in opposite directions
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What are the environmental triggers for freezing response?
Sustained fall in temperature and reduction is day length
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What controls stomatal closure?
Absicic acid?
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When do stomata close?
When water is in short supply or in the dark
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When do leaf cells release ABA?
When under stress
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When do roots release ABA?
When soil water levels are low
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What happens when ABA is released?
Guard cells swell, stomata opens so ions move out of guard cells and water follows by osmosis, then guard cells become flaccid and stomata closes
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What are physical defences?
Hairs, thorns and spikes
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Wha is a movement defence?
Leaf folding of mimosa pudica
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What are volatile organic compounds?
Parasitoid attractants and inducers of defence
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What are examples of chemical defences?
Citronellal (an insect repellant), caffeine (toxic to fungi and insects) and tannin (bitter taste and toxic to insects)