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 ...

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 ...

cAMP produced by the TIR1/AFB receptors of the main endogenous developmental plant hormone auxin acts as a true second messenger, revising the established paradigm of transcriptional auxin signalling.

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 ...

An herbicide may "drift" from the agricultural fields where it's sprayed and harm weeds that grow at the edge of the fields, impacting pollinators. A University of Michigan study examined the effects ...

OKAY, SNAKE PLANT IS ANOTHER EASY ONE WHERE YOU JUST ... THAT JUST INCREASES OUR CHANCES OF ROOTING. IT GETS AUXIN, WHICH IS A HORMONE GROWING HORMONE. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT’S NICE COATING ...

“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.