Explore
"One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel": The plant hormone ethylene, the small molecule and its complexity
0 Ungluers have
Faved this Work
Login to Fave
The gaseous molecule ethylene (C2H4), which is small in size and simple in structure, is a plant hormone most often associated with fruit ripening yet has a diversity of effects throughout the plant life cycle. While its agricultural effects were known even in ancient Egypt, the complexity of its mode of action and the broad spectrum of its effects and potential uses in plant physiology remain important scientific challenges today. In the last few decades, the biochemical pathway of ethylene production has been uncovered, ethylene perception and signaling have been molecularly dissected, ethylene-responsive transcription factors have been identified and numerous effects of ethylene have been described, ranging from water stress, development, senescence, reproduction plant-pathogen interactions, and of course, ripening. Thus ethylene is involved in plant development, in biotic and abiotic stress, and in reproduction. There is no stage in plant life that is not affected by ethylene, modulated by a complex and fascinating molecular machinery.
This book is included in DOAB.
Why read this book? Have your say.
You must be logged in to comment.
Rights Information
Are you the author or publisher of this work? If so, you can claim it as yours by registering as an Unglue.it rights holder.Downloads
This work has been downloaded 253 times via unglue.it ebook links.
- 16 - epub (CC BY) at Unglue.it.
- 15 - epub (CC BY) at Unglue.it.
- 71 - mobi (CC BY) at Unglue.it.
- 64 - epub (CC BY) at Unglue.it.
- 74 - pdf (CC BY) at Unglue.it.
Keywords
- Biology, Life Sciences
- Botany & plant sciences
- C2H4
- ethylene
- Mathematics & science
- Plant Biochemistry
- plant development
- Plant hormone
- Plant molecular biology
- Plant Pathology
- Plant physiology
- plant reproduction
- Plant Stress
- thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology, life sciences::PST Botany and plant sciences
Links
DOI: 10.3389/978-2-88919-623-4Editions