Gibberellins are plant hormones that regulate a wide range of processes, such as flowering, growth (by stem elongation), seed germination, and fruit ripening.
Table of Contents
The family of gibberellins have a similar effect to that of auxins; they promote cell division and elongation. The major difference is that gibberellins in no way inhibit growth.
Gibberellic Acid is an example of one of the gibberellin family. Regardless of genotype (tall or small plants), more gibberellin equals more lateral growth.
Gibberellins are responsible for promoting growth in the embryo of a seed. It does this the following way
Gibberellins initiate this process in Summer, when the external environment exhibits favorable conditions for plant growth.
The previous tutorial has investigated the auxin family hormones involved in plant growth. The next tutorial investigates the sites of this growth, the meristems.
The Earth's ecosphere was rapidly changing and throwing up a wide range of ecological niches that new adaptive organisms..
This tutorial describes the independent assortment of chromosomes and crossing over as important events in meiosis. Read..
Animals adapt to their environment in aspects of anatomy, physiology, and behavior. This tutorial will help you understa..
If the balance of nature is left untouched, landscapes can change dramatically over time. A previous ecosystem is supers..
This tutorial deals with the abiotic factors of the freshwater environment that determine what sort of life would be sui..
Gregor Mendel, an Austrian monk, is most famous in this field for his study of the phenotype of pea plants, including ..