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Plant physiology growth hormone
My mint plant (Mentha) that I began growing at the beginning of February. The ecological concept that I was experimenting with here is the growth of the plant toward the light stimulus. When the plant first sprouted it was growing directly toward the source of light due to a hormone called auxin that controls plant cell growth. After some time, I turned the plant 180 degrees so that it was facing away from the light to observe new growth toward the stimulus. As you can see, the resulting shape is a curved stem as the mint plant begins to further sprout and develop in the presence of the light. The hormone auxin is actually inhibited by the light so the shade side of the plant is the side in which the cells are growing, resulting in the curvature of the stem.
Plant physiology growth hormone
My mint plant (Mentha) that I began growing at the beginning of February. The ecological concept that I was experimenting with here is the growth of the plant toward the light stimulus. When the plant first sprouted it was growing directly toward the source of light due to a hormone called auxin that controls plant cell growth. After some time, I turned the plant 180 degrees so that it was facing away from the light to observe new growth toward the stimulus. As you can see, the resulting shape is a curved stem as the mint plant begins to further sprout and develop in the presence of the light. The hormone auxin is actually inhibited by the light so the shade side of the plant is the side in which the cells are growing, resulting in the curvature of the stem.