Plant Hormones

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  • Plant Hormones
    • Auxins
      • Control cell elongation
      • Prevent leaf fall
      • Maintain apical dominance
      • Involved in tropism
      • Stimulates the release of ethene
      • Involved in fruit ripening
    • Gibberellins
      • Cause stem elongation
      • Trigger the mobilisation of food stores in a seed at germination
      • Stimulate pollen tube growth in fertilisation
    • Ethene
      • Cause fruit ripening
      • Promotes abscission in deciduous trees
    • ABA
      • Maintains dormancy of seeds and buds
      • Stimulates cold protective responses
      • Stimulates stomatal closing

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