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Q: How are auxins able to cause a stem to grow upright?
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How do auxins cause cells to grow?

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How do auxins cause a plant to grow toward a light source?

Auxins help plants grow towards sunlight by I KNOW BUT IM NOT TELLING YOU BRAINLESS PEOPLE WHO DECIDE TO LET THE COMPUTER TO WORK FOR THEM!


Why does rooting powder help cuttings grow?

The powder helps plant to grow because it contains plant hormones called auxins. Auxins cause the new cells produces by the base of the shoot meristem to develop into roots.


What lets the plant grow up towards the light?

Growth towards light is regulated by hormones called auxins. Auxins stimulate growth in the area of the plant that they are found and are produced by the tip of a stem. In sunlight they break down. As such there are more auxins on the shaded side of the plant. This will cause more growth on one side of the plant which will make it grow towards the light.


How do auxins affect plant cells?

Auxins affect plant cells as they provoke growth of the roots and the tip, the tip to grow towards sunlight, and the roots via gravity.


What auxin is not stable in light?

auxins are not stable in light because it will degenerate the hormones.so,when light touches at one side of the coleoptile,auxins will move to the other side (less sunlight).this makes the shoot grow faster at the side which have more auxins and slower at the place where there are less auxins and this makes the shoot bend towards the light source =P


How do auxins cause hydrotropism?

Roots show positive hydrotropism and grow in the direction of water. This tropism causes problems in many cities where tree roots grow toward the drain pipes, and grow into the cracks, and plug up the drains. Hydrotropism causes plants to bend or turn toward water.


Which kind of vitamin makes a plant grow taller?

Auxins make the plant grow through cell expansion and cytokinins make the plant grow through cell division.


How is the role of auxin in the bending of stems toward light?

Auxins move from their source into the rest of the plant, where they stimulate cell elongation. A higher concentration of auxins accumulate in the shaded part of a stem and causes the plant to move towards the light.


What makes plants grow upright?

phototrophism


What hormones keep the plant from branching?

Higher concentration of auxins in the axillary buds does not allow these buds to grow hence there is apical dominance.


What are auxins and why are they important in plants?

Auxins are chemicals exist in plants to stimulate growth. When sunlight hits one side of the stem of a plant, the auxins move away and down from the sunlight. This causes the 'dark' side of the stem to grow faster than the 'lighted' side, which causes the stem to lean towards the source of the light.