Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Plant hormones are the chemical signals transported within the plant body when taken up by the target cells, the signals elicit responses. The major plant hormones are auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, ethylene, abscisic acid, and brassinosteroids. Plant hormones are small molecules synthesized in the metabolic pathways that also make amino acids, nucleotides, sterols and secondary metabolites.

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