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Ethylene and water stress
Author(s) -
Hall M. A.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1975.tb00506.x
Subject(s) - ethylene , biology , plant growth , diffusion , water stress , microbiology and biotechnology , metabolism , botany , biophysics , biochemistry , thermodynamics , physics , catalysis
Like some other growth regulators, internal ethylene levels in plants fluctuate as a consequence of water stress and this phenomenon may be responsible for some of the developmental responses which result. Current work seeks to determine how internal ethylene levels are controlled, i.e. by biosynthesis, translocation, diffusion out of the plant or metabolism. The levels of other growth regulators in the same tissue are also being investigated in relation to the changes in internal ethylene.