Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 46.2, Problem 3CYL
Summary Introduction
To describe:
The way in which plants balance root and shoot growth.
Introduction:
The size of the shoot and root systems of plants must be in balance so as the roots grow, the shoots also grow enough to support the plant. Auxin produced by apical meristem of shoot and Cytokinin by apical meristem of roots promote this balance.
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Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Ch. 46.1 - list six important types of plant hormones?Ch. 46.1 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 1CTCh. 46.2 - explain the roles of plant hormones in seed...Ch. 46.2 - Explain how the Darwin experiments using caps and...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 2TCCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 3TCCh. 46.2 - Prob. 4CYL
Ch. 46.2 - Agricultural biotechnologists have developed...Ch. 46.2 - Prob. 5CYLCh. 46.2 - Prob. 6CYLCh. 46.3 - Although insects are major plant predators,...Ch. 46.3 - Prob. 1CYLCh. 46.3 - Prob. 1HYEWCh. 46.3 - Prob. 1TCCh. 46.3 - Prob. 2CYLCh. 46 - A student reporting on a project said that one of...Ch. 46 - Prob. 1FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 1MCCh. 46 - Compare phototropism and gravitropism in roots and...Ch. 46 - Prob. 2ACCh. 46 - Prob. 2FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 2MCCh. 46 - Prob. 2RQCh. 46 - Prob. 3FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 3MCCh. 46 - What is a phytochrome? How do the two forms of...Ch. 46 - Prob. 4FIBCh. 46 - Prob. 4MCCh. 46 - Which hormones cause fruit development? Which...Ch. 46 - The hormone _________ causes stomata to close when...Ch. 46 - Prob. 5MCCh. 46 - What is senescence? Describe some changes that...Ch. 46 - Prob. 6RQCh. 46 - Describe one example of a plant chemical defense...Ch. 46 - Describe how a sensitive plant closes its leaves....
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