We propose a role for the plant hormone auxin as an integrator of the activities of multiple plant hormones to control plant growth in response to the environment. Plants are sessile organisms and ...

Researchers from the University of Tasmania have provided new insights into auxin, a master plant hormone, and its vital role in starch production—the powerhouse of the world's most important crops.

However, certain bacteria can hack this system. Another key player in this evolutionary back-and-forth are plant hormones called auxins. Auxins are an important class of hormones that affect how ...

University of Tasmania scientists have unveiled new research into the vital role played by auxin in regulating starch ...

Selective weedkillers kill plants that some species of animals ... grow without seeds inside is to spray the flower with hormones such as auxin or gibberellin. This is called parthenocarpic ...

In the plant root, responses to light are known as a negative phototropism, which means the root grows away from the light. Auxins are chemicals that control the growth of plants by promoting cell ...

“Understanding auxin’s role could be a game-changer ... “Our work shows how a hormone plants already make can be harnessed to naturally boost carbohydrates in seed crops.

The researchers found through genetic analyses that two plant hormones, auxin and ethylene, play a role in how corn roots respond to water. While auxin was already known to help control this ...