Sentences with phrase «complex plant hormone»
The samples ranged from a simple alcohol to a complex plant hormone, and the new method, dubbed «CAL» for covalent alignment (the molecules form a type of chemical bond known as a covalent bond in the MOFs), enables researchers to determine the complete structure of a molecule from a single MOF crystal that contains the sample molecules in its pores.
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Professor Taylor, who co-ordinated the research, says: «Our findings provide the very first insight into how biochar stimulates plant growth — we now know that cell expansion is stimulated in roots and leaves alike and this appears to be the consequence of a complex signalling network that is focussed around two plant growth hormones.
«This shows us how the auxin system has become more complex, and which components plants can modify to use the hormone for new processes to regulate its growth and shape,» explains Professor Weijers.
Scientists already know the general role that ABA plays within plants, but by directly visualizing the hormone they can now better understand the complex interactions involving ABA when a plant is subjected to drought or other stress.
In short, it isn't even known yet which plant hormone interactions could be considered complex, and how many if any would be considered important, and that there is a long way to go in this disputed area, which itself is only a small part of our issue.