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Natural leaf fall is triggered by increased ethylene production in senescing cells close to abscission zones.
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JACKSON, M., OSBORNE, D. Ethylene, the Natural Regulator of Leaf Abscission. Nature 225, 1019–1022 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2251019a0
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