Sentences with phrase «of the plant hormone auxin»
Yesterday would have been the 94th birthday of Frits Went, a Dutch - born American botanist who discovered the role of the plant hormone auxin and paved the way for the development of weed killers, fertilizers, and genetically engineered crops.
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By developing a synthetic version of the plant hormone auxin and an engineered receptor to recognize it, Howard Hughes Medical...
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The herbicide is a synthetic analog of the plant hormones called auxins, which control everything from the plant's response to light and gravity to the ripening of fruit.
In their quest for the origin of the universal auxin hormone in plants, Wageningen - based biochemists and bioinformaticists took on the mantle of archaeologists.
He exhaustively tagged and recorded the activity of auxin, a hormone that plays a role in the differentiation of a plant's vascular system.
Sweeney measured auxin, a key plant growth hormone, and found more of this gene expressed in neighboring plants when an injured plant was around.
By adding the plant hormone auxin to the medium that supports growth of tomato cells, they can speed up the plant's growth, ultimately accelerating the pace of their research.
The plant hormone, auxin has been known to take part in the development of leaf teeth, but the exact mechanism of their formation has been a mystery up till now.
The answer is by controlling the distribution of a plant hormone called auxin, which determines the rate at which plant cells divide and lengthen.
Also known by its chemical name, Indole -3-butyric Acid (IBA), Hormodin works by mimicking a plant hormone called auxin that regulates many aspects of plant growth.
By adding the plant hormone auxin to the medium that supports the growth of the cells, they can speed up the plant's growth, ultimately accelerating the pace of their research.