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Plant Phys
hormones, development
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Biology
Undergraduate 3
05/07/2007

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Term
what conjugates form bound auxins?
Definition
IAA-glucose
IAA-inositol
IAAcetyl aspartic acid
Term
which direction does free auxin travel? bound auxin?
Definition
free - tip down
bound - seed up
Term
how can a plant respond to high IAA levels to counteract?
Definition
create IAA oxidases to degrade IAA
doesn't work with synthetics
Term
what are TIBA and NPA?
Definition
anti-auxins that inhibit polar transport
Term
what seem to be the 2 main affects of auxin in regards to cell enlargement?
Definition
1. acid growth
2. long -term
Term
what hormone promotes cell division in tissued culture but not for intact plants?
Definition
auxins
Term
are auxins and cytokinins needed for growth of crown gall cells in culture?
Definition
no
Term
high auxin:cytokinin ratio in cell culture leads to...
Definition
root development
Term
high cytokinin:auxin ratio in cell culture leads to...
Definition
shoot development
Term
what amino acid is the precursor to IAA in some pathways?
Definition
tryptophan
Term
what 3 ways can a plant control its levels of IAA?
Definition
1. change rate of synthesis
2. create IAA-conjugates
3. degrade IAA with IAA oxidases
Term
what hormone is transported in the parenchyma cells that are in contact with the vascular tissue, but not in the vasc. tissue itself?
Definition
auxins
Term
what form of auxin exhibits polar transport? in what directon?
Definition
free-auxin
down
Term
what is acid growth? what hormone is this associated with?
Definition
pH dependant enzyme activated that breaks cross-links in cell wall, allowing for expansion under trugor pressure
Term
how does auxin induce acid-growth?
Definition
may activate ATPases whose proton pumping leads to cell wall acidification
Term
what is the long-term, non-acid induced, affect of auxin on cell growth?
Definition
activates cellulose-synthesizing enzymes
Term
what fungus were GA's first isolated from?
Definition
Gibberella fujikuroi
Term
how many GA's associated with fungus? how many novel to fungus?
Definition
fungus 25
11 novel
Term
what is basic structure of GAs?
Definition
-19-20 carbon structure
-4 or 5 ring system
-atleast one COOH
Term
what is basic structure of GAs?
Definition
-19-20 carbon structure
-4 or 5 ring system
-atleast one COOH
Term
what hormone enhances the hydrolyis of starch by inducing the production of amylase?
Definition
gibberellins
Term
where are GAs produced?
Definition
1. developing seeds + fruits
2. Elongating shoots
3. Young leaves of apical buds
4. Apical regions of roots
5. seeds
Term
what hormone can break the dormancy of seeds and dormant buds?
Definition
GA
Term
what group of plants do GA's produce flowering in?
Definition
long day plants
Term
what normal cues to break seed dormancy can GAs replace?
Definition
cold and exposure to red light
Term
what two hormones used together can produce parthenocarpic fruit?
Definition
auxin and GA
Term
what hormone is transported in the xylem and phloem?
Definition
GA
Term
what is the main site of GA production?
Definition
young leaves
Term
what are Phosphon D, Amo 1618, and CCC?
Definition
GA synthesis inhibitors
Term
what GA controls stem elongation in corn? what GA mobilizes starch reserves in corn seeds?
Definition
GA1
none - doesn't
Term
what is the definition of a cytokinin?
Definition
adenine compounds that promote cell division in tissue culture of tobacco pith, carrot phloem, or soybean stems
Term
what are the three forms that each cytolinin can exist in?
Definition
1. free base
2. nucleoside (free base + ribose)
3. nucleotide (free base + ribose + phosphate)
Term
who first noticed that tobacco pith cultured on auxins grew more rapidly if vasc.tissue present?
Definition
Folke Skoog
Term
were were cytokinins first found?
Definition
coconut milk
herring sperm
corn
Term
what hormone may increase sink strength?
Definition
cytokinins
Term
what hormone associated with crown gall tumor formation?
Definition
cytokinin
Term
what hormone may prevent membrane breakdown?
Definition
cytokinin
Term
T/F: cytokinins can counteract the effects of ethylene in flower sensence
Definition
False
Term
what cytolinin able to delay vegetable senesence is not allowed in the US?
Definition
benzyladenine
Term
what hormone associated with the 'Green Island Effect'?
Definition
cytokinin
Term
what hormone promotes lateral bud development in dicots?
Definition
cytokinin
Term
what does high cytokinin:auxin ratio on shoots result in?
Definition
bud development
Term
what does high auxin:cytokinin ratio in shoots result in?
Definition
apical dominance
Term
what hormone associated with apical dominance?
Definition
auxins
Term
what hormone associated with lateral bud development?
Definition
cytokinin
Term
what bacteria causes witch's brooming? what hormone associated?
Definition
Corynebacterium fascians
cytokinin
Term
what hormone provided exogenously promotes cell expansion in young leaves, cotyledons, whean coleoptiles, and watermelon hypocotyls?
Definition
cytokinin
Term
what is the 'triple response' caused by ethylen in dark grown pea seedlings?
Definition
1. inhibition of stem elongation
2. increased stem thickness
3. horizontal growth
4. leaf expansion and epicotyl hook opening inhibited
Term
what 2 hormones are shown to be produced by fungi?
Definition
GA and ethylene
Term
what is the chemical structure of ethylene?
Definition
C2H4
Term
what types of fruit can be ripened with ethylene? what not?
Definition
climacteric (apples, bananas)
non-climacteric - citrus
Term
what is the precursor to ethylene synthesis?
Definition
methionine
Term
what triggers the production of ethylene?
Definition
1. IAA and synthetic auxins
2. wounding
3. drought stress
4. ethylene (autocatylitic)
Term
what is AVG?
Definition
inhibitor to ethylene synthesis
Term
what is ACC-1?
Definition
the immediate precursor to ethylene
Term
what hormone inhibits root and stem elongation?
Definition
ethylene
Term
what hormone increases the radial expansion of stems and roots?
Definition
ethylene
Term
what hormone causes adventitous root formation?
Definition
ethylene
Term
what hormone activates mechanisms against fungal attack?
Definition
ethylene
Term
what inhibits ethylene action?
Definition
high CO2 concentrations
silver
synthetic inhibitors (norbornadiene)
Term
what 2 hormones are considered 'stress hormones'?
Definition
ethylene and ABA
Term
what hormone is synthesized in plastids?
Definition
ABA
Term
what 2 hormones transported in the parenchyma tissue adjacent to the vas. tissue?
Definition
ABA and auxins
Term
what hormones transported in the xylem?
Definition
GA, Cytokinin, ABA
Term
what is the immediate cause of ABA production?
Definition
water stress
Term
what is phaseic acid and dihydrophaseic acid?
Definition
oxidized, inactivated ABA
Term
what hormone causes stomate closure?
Definition
ABA
Term
how does ABA induce stomate closure?
Definition
inhibits ATP-dependant proton pumps of guard cells so water leaks out leading to decrease in turgor pressure
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