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Plant Growth RegulatorsPlant Growth RegulatorsAKA Plant HormonesAKA Plant Hormones
Plant Growth Regulators - control Plant Growth Regulators - control growth, development and movementgrowth, development and movement
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PLANT GROWTH REGULATORSPLANT GROWTH REGULATORS(PLANT HORMONES)(PLANT HORMONES)
Internal and external signals that regulate plant growth are mediated, at least in part, by plant growth-regulating substances, or hormones (from the Greek word hormaein, meaning "to excite").
Plant hormones differ from animal hormones in that: No evidence that the fundamental actions of plant and
animal hormones are the same. Unlike animal hormones, plant hormones are not made in
tissues specialized for hormone production. (e.g., sex hormones made in the gonads, human growth hormone - pituitary gland)
Unlike animal hormones, plant hormones do not have definite target areas (e.g., auxins can stimulate adventitious root development in a cut shoot, or shoot elongation or apical dominance, or differentiation of vascular tissue, etc.).
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PLANT GROWTH REGULATORSPLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
THE EFFECT ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGY IS DEPENDENT ON THE AMOUNT OF HORMONE PRESENT AND TISSUE SENSITIVITY TO THE PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR
substances produced in small quantities by a plant, and then transported elsewhere for use
have capacity to stimulate and/or inhibit physiological processes
at least five major plant hormones or plant growth regulators…
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General plant hormonesGeneral plant hormones
AuxinsAuxins (cell elongation) GibberellinsGibberellins (cell elongation + cell division -
translated into growth) CytokininsCytokinins (cell division + inhibits
senescence) Abscisic acidAbscisic acid (abscission of leaves and
fruits + dormancy induction of buds andseeds)
EthyleneEthylene (promotes senescence, epinasty, and fruit ripening)
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EARLY EXPERIMENTS ON PHOTROPISM SHOWED EARLY EXPERIMENTS ON PHOTROPISM SHOWED THAT A STIMULUS (LIGHT) RELEASED CHEMICALS THAT A STIMULUS (LIGHT) RELEASED CHEMICALS THAT INFLUENCED GROWTHTHAT INFLUENCED GROWTH
Results on growth of coleoptiles of canary grass and Results on growth of coleoptiles of canary grass and oats suggested that the reception of light in the tip of oats suggested that the reception of light in the tip of the shoot stimulated a bending toward light source.the shoot stimulated a bending toward light source.
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AuxinAuxin• Auxin increases the plasticity of plant cell walls and is involved in
stem elongation.
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Demonstration of transported chemicalDemonstration of transported chemical
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AuxinAuxin
Discovered as substance associated with phototropic response.
Occurs in very low concentrations.Differential response depending on
dose.
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Additional responses to Additional responses to auxinauxin
abscission - loss of leavesflower initiationsex determinationfruit developmentapical dominance
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Auxin
• Synthetic auxins widely used in agriculture and horticulture
prevent leaf abscissionprevent fruit droppromote flowering and fruitingcontrol weeds
Agent Orange - 1:1 ratio of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T used to defoliate trees in Vietnam War.
Dioxin usually contaminates 2,4,5-T, which is linked to miscarriages, birth defects,leukemia, and other types of cancer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tznQ2Bko5X4
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Apical Dominance
Lateral branch growth IS inhibited near the shoot apex, but less so farther from the tip.
Apical dominance is disrupted in some plants by removing the shoot tip, causing the plant to become bushy. (PRUNING)
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Gibberellins
• Gibberellins are named after the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi which causes rice plants to grow abnormally tall.– synthesized in apical portions of stems
and roots– important effects on stem elongation– in some cases, hastens seed germination
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Effects of GibberellinsEffects of Gibberellins
• Cell elongation– GA induces cellular division and cellular
elongation; auxin induces cellular elongation alone.
• Breaking of dormancy in buds and seeds• Seed germination
• Especially in cereal grasses, like barley. • Not necessarily as critical in dicot seeds.
• Promotion of flowering.
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Gibberellins and Fruit Size
• Fruit Formation - "Thompson Seedless" grapes grown in California are treated with GA to increase size and decrease packing.
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CytokininsCytokinins
Function:Promotes cell division.Morphogenesis-the origin and
development of plant form and structureLateral bud development.Delay of senescence (early death/death
of a plant.)
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CytokininsCytokinins
• Cytokinins, in combination with auxin, stimulate cell division and differentiation.– most cytokinins are produced in root
apical meristems and transported throughout plant
• inhibit formation of lateral roots– auxins promote their formation
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Interaction of cytokinin and auxin in tobacco callus Interaction of cytokinin and auxin in tobacco callus (undifferentiated plant cells) tissue(undifferentiated plant cells) tissue
Organogenesis: Cytokinins and auxin affect organogenesisOrganogenesis: Cytokinins and auxin affect organogenesisHigh cytokinin/auxin ratios favor the formation of shootsHigh cytokinin/auxin ratios favor the formation of shootsLow cytokinin/auxin ratios favor the formation of roots. Low cytokinin/auxin ratios favor the formation of roots.
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Abscisic acidAbscisic acid
FunctionsGeneral growth inhibitor.Causes stomatal closure.Produced in response to stress.
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Abscisic Acid
• Abscisic acid is produced chiefly in mature green leaves and in fruits.– suppresses bud growth and promotes
leaf senescence– also plays important role in controlling
stomatal opening and closing
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EthyleneEthylene Gaseous in form and diffuses rapidly. Gas produced by one plant will affect nearby plants. Functions:
Fruit ripening. Epinasty – downward curvature of leaves. Encourages senescence and abscission. Initiation of stem elongation and bud development. Flowering - Ethylene inhibits flowering in most species, but
promotes it in a few plants such as pineapple, bromeliads, and mango.
Sex Expression - Cucumber buds treated with ethylene become carpellate (female) flowers, whereas those treated with gibberellins become staminate (male) flowers.
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HOW PLANTS RESPOND TO ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI
• Tropisms - plant growth toward or away from a stimulus such as light or gravity.
• Nastic Movements – – Response to environmental stimuli
that are independent of the direction of the stimulus.
– Pre-determined response.
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Tropic responsesTropic responses
Directional movements by growth in response to a directional stimulus
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PhototropismPhototropism
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Growth movementGrowth movement
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Phototropisms
• Phototropic responses involve bending of growing stems toward light sources.– Individual leaves may also display
phototrophic responses.• auxin most likely involved
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Blue Light Systems
• Many plant responses are regulated by blue light, including – phototropism, – stomatal opening and – chlorophyll synthesis.
• The last step of chlorophyll synthesis requires high levels of blue light. The other blue light responses are triggered by lower levels of blue light.
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Plants Respond to Gravity
• Gravitropism is the response of a plant to the earth’s gravitational field.– present at germination
• auxins play primary role
– Four steps• gravity perceived by cell• signal formed• signal transduced intra- and intercellularly• differential cell elongation
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GravitropismGravitropism
• Increased auxin concentration on the lower side in stems causes those cells to grow more than cells on the upper side.– stem bends up against the force of gravity
• negative gravitropism• Upper side of roots oriented horizontally grow
more rapidly than the lower side– roots ultimately grow downward
• positive gravitropism
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Gravitropism (= Geotropism)Gravitropism (= Geotropism)
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Statoliths (plant Statoliths (plant organelle)organelle)
(thought to be the plant cell (thought to be the plant cell part that detects and reacts part that detects and reacts
to gravity)to gravity)
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Plants Respond to Touch
• Thigmotropism is directional growth response to contact with an object.– tendrils
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ThigmotropismThigmotropism
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SEISMONASTY - a nastic response SEISMONASTY - a nastic response resulting resulting
from contact or mechanical shaking from contact or mechanical shaking Mimosa pudicaMimosa pudica L. (sensitive plant) L. (sensitive plant)
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Plants Response to Light
• Photomorphogenesis– nondirectional, light-mediated
changes in plant growth and development • red light changes the shape of
phytochrome and can trigger photomorphogenesis
• Stems go from etiolated (in dark or Pfr) to unetiolated (in light with Pr).
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Plants Response to Light• Photoperiodism (plant
response to length of days/exposure to light)– Regulates when
seeds germinate.
Red light ===> germination
Far-red light ===> no germination
Red ===> far-red ===> red ===> germination
Red ===> far-red ===> red ===> far-red ===> no germination
Those seeds not buried deep in the ground get exposed to red light, and this signals germination.
– Regulates when plants flower; either in the Spring or later in the Summer and Fall.
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Circadian Clocks• Circadian clocks are endogenous
timekeepers that keep plant responses synchronized with the environment.– circadian rhythm characteristics
• must continue to run in absence of external inputs• must be about 24 hours in duration • can be reset or entrained (to determine or modify the
phase or period of <circadian rhythms entrained by a light cycle>)
• can compensate for temperature differences
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NYCTINASTY• sleep movements • prayer plant - lower
leaves during the day and raises leaves at night
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0I5swn0SAA&feature=related
• shamrock (Oxalis)• http://www.youtube.com/wa
tch?v=Zg_8xIYAan8&feature=related
• legumes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SDzjctfmAw&feature=related