Tag: cytokinins, ethylene and abscisic acid

Traumatic acid is a monounsaturated dicarboxylic acid naturally occurring in plants. The compound was first isolated from wounded bean plants. Wound hormone is also called as necrohormone.

Phytotron is a laboratory or a building with an organisation of number of growth chambers and green houses in order to grow plants under strictly controlled environmental conditions. The maintenance and preparation of growth chambers is taken care by phytotron staff  including pest control. 

Leaf abscission is a detachment or fall of older leaves. It occurs at the base of the petiole. During leaf fall, high synthesis of abscisic acid is observed along with decrease in the concentration of auxin. It loosens the cell wall and cells separate which ultimately leads to leaf abscission

Ceriops roxburghiana is a mangrove species typically found in coastal saline environments, not in the arid desert vegetation of the Indus Plain.

A basionym is the original name upon which a new name is based. In botanical nomenclature, the original name provided in a citation is the basionym.

AUG is the primary initiation codon in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. GUG can also serve as an initiation codon in some prokaryotic systems.

The biological clock is the seasonal or physiological activities of the plant which changes according to time, season etc. When the light is present at the time of the night, the phytochrome system sends the signal to the biological clock which results in the activation of phytochromes thus converting Pr (Inactive form) to Off (active form). This results in the flowering of plants.