Describe how auxin affects the plant roots.
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Auxin is a plant growth hormone.It promotes growth of root and shoot.
It promotes root elongation.
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Stimulating shoot elongation – Auxins positively influence gibberlins that promote cell elongation. This increases plant length. Essentially, gibberlins and thereby auxins, increase the distance between nodes, spacing the branch points further apart.
Auxin_diagram.jpegControlling seedling orientation – It was the infamous Charles Darwin and his son Francis who first noticed that seedlings bend toward the light. However, whether a new shoot grows into the soil or towards light, depends on where auxins are located and how they influence cells within the plant. Auxins will move downward due to gravity and laterally, away from light. Cells grow more in areas of the plant where auxins are highly concentrated.
Stimulating root branching – When an auxin is applied to a cut stem, the stem will initiate roots at the cut
Promoting fruit development – Auxins in the flower promote maturation of the ovary wall and promote steps in the full development of the fruit.
Auxins can be produced naturally (by the plant) or synthetically (in a lab). When produced synthetically, they can be used in high concentrations as a pesticide, causing drastic growth. The herbicide, 2-4-D, is an example of an auxin-based pesticide, specifically engineered to cause dicots (plants like dandelions) to grow quickly and uncontrollably, ultimately killing the plant.
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