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The Genetic Control of Growth via Hormones

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Plant Hormones and their Role in Plant Growth and Development

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Genetics has been wed extensively as a tool to understand the developmental and biochemical pathways of pertain bacteria and fungi. However, this is generally not the case in higher plants where, due to increased complexity, even the genetic central of developmental processes such as internode elongation, flowering and fruiting has only been determined in a limited number of species. Indeed, it is only relatively recently that biochemical technique a have become available to determine the action of these genetic systems m cases where the genes regulate growth via changes in the amounts of, or sensitivity to, various plant hormones. In the present article a limited number of developmetal systems are discussed in order to illustrate how an understanding of the genetic control of a process can lead to a more complete picture of the way plant hormones control development.

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Reid, J.B. (1987). The Genetic Control of Growth via Hormones. In: Davies, P.J. (eds) Plant Hormones and their Role in Plant Growth and Development. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3585-3_17

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