Week Five

Well tie me to an anthill and fill my ears with jam! It looks like I was right to call my plants the Behemoth, as you can now proudly call me a quindeci-mom. Or wait, I`m not female. In any case, there are now 15 plants with some 2 inches tall! I could no be anymore happy. Finally it appears that my hard work has gave me good results.

On the subject of my research, today I stumbled on a rather interesting topic: the influence of certain hormones on plant growth. However, I will only go into detail on only three hormones specifically: Auxin, Cytokinins and Gibberellins.

Auxin hormones are produced in the embryo of the seed, in the apical buds and the young leaves. It`s role is to stimulate the stem elongation, start root growth, cell differentiation and branching. This hormone also regulates the development of fruits and retards leaf abscission (cut).

The cytokinins hormone is synthesized in roots and transported to other organs. The hormone stimulates cell division and growth, germination. It also affects root growth and differentiation.

Gibberellins is produced in the maristems of apical buds and roots, young leaves and the embryo. Similar to the auxin hormone. It promotes seed and bud germination, stem elongation, leaf growth, the development of the fruit and root growth.