Plant Hormones Play Many Roles (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

Plant Hormones Play Many Roles

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In plants, hormone signaling substitutes for an immune system. Above, the plant is exhibiting a “hypersensitive response,” characterized by deliberate cell death to deny a pathogen food and water. The hypersensitive response is triggered by the plant hormone salicylic acid.

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