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Chapter 39: Plant Growth and Regulation


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Chapter 39: Plant Growth and Regulation

p. 744: dedifferentiation, totipotent, callus, agar

p. 745: embryoids, cuttings, primordia (singular, primordium)

p. 748: auxin, gibberellins, phototropisms

p. 750: indoleacetic acid (IAA), phenylacetic acid (PAA), indolebutyric acid (IBA), 4-chloroindoleacetic acid (4-chloroIAA)

p. 751: synthetic auxins, NAA (naphthalene acetic acid)

p. 752: cytokinins

p. 753: GA (gibberellic acid), -amylase

p. 754: hydrocarbon, ethylene, climacteric

p. 755: abscisic acid

p. 756: tropisms, phototropism, gravitropism, negative gravitropism, positive gravitropism

p. 757: thigmotropism, electrotropism, chemotropism, traumatropism, thermotropism, aerotropism, geomagnetotropism, hydrotropism

p. 758: turgor, turgor movements, pulvinus (plural, pulvini)

p. 759: photoperiodism, short-day plants, long-day plants, day-neutral plants, intermediate-day plants

p. 760: phytochrome

p. 761: etiolated

p. 762: dormancy

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