New research appears to answer an old question about how the remarkable hormone Auxin works. Auxin is a sort of super-hormone that is the key to making plants grow. Two scientific teams--one in ...

The hormone auxin is of central importance for the development of plants. Scientists have now developed a novel sensor that makes the spatial distribution of auxin in the cells of living plants ...

A biosensor visualizes redistribution dynamics of the plant hormone auxin in living cells. A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen and the University of ...

One theory posits that when plants are ready to grow, auxin causes their cells to become acidic, loosening the bonds between components and allowing the walls to soften and expand. This theory was ...

Plants are smart enough to grow toward the light, they recognize their main shoot and know when to form lateral roots. All these different plant responses and many others depend on the phytohormone ...

A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen and the University of Bayreuth have created a novel tool that provides a real-time visualization of the ...