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Ethylene Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Higher Plants

Ethylene Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Higher Plants Ethylene, which is the simplest olefin and exists in the gaseous state under normal physiological conditions, regulates many aspects of plant growth, development, and senescence; it is biologically active in trace amounts and its effects are commercially important. Although it was clear in the mid-nineteenth century that the presence of gaseous materials in the air could modify the growth of plants , it was not until the tum of the century that Neljubow (132) 155 0066-4294/84/0601-0 1 55$02.00 YANG & HOFFMAN identified ethylene as an active component of illuminating gas which caused a strange growth habit in etiolated pea seedlings. The first suggestion that plant material produces a gas which affects the growth of nearby plant material was reported by Cousins (51), who found that gaseous material produced from oranges caused ripening of banana in mixed commercial shipments. Since healthy oranges produce very little ethylene, this ethylene must have come from fungus-infected oranges. It was not until 1934 that Gane (65) provided· chemical proof that ethylene was indeed produced by ripe apples. Since then it has been shown that ethylene is produced from essentially all parts of higher plants, including leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits, tubers, and seedlings, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annual Review of Plant Biology Annual Reviews

Ethylene Biosynthesis and its Regulation in Higher Plants

Yang, S F; Hoffman, N E
Annual Review of Plant Biology , Volume 35 (1) – Jun 1, 1984
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Annual Reviews
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Copyright 1984 Annual Reviews. All rights reserved
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1040-2519
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10.1146/annurev.pp.35.060184.001103
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Abstract

Ethylene, which is the simplest olefin and exists in the gaseous state under normal physiological conditions, regulates many aspects of plant growth, development, and senescence; it is biologically active in trace amounts and its effects are commercially important. Although it was clear in the mid-nineteenth century that the presence of gaseous materials in the air could modify the growth of plants , it was not until the tum of the century that Neljubow (132) 155 0066-4294/84/0601-0 1 55$02.00 YANG & HOFFMAN identified ethylene as an active component of illuminating gas which caused a strange growth habit in etiolated pea seedlings. The first suggestion that plant material produces a gas which affects the growth of nearby plant material was reported by Cousins (51), who found that gaseous material produced from oranges caused ripening of banana in mixed commercial shipments. Since healthy oranges produce very little ethylene, this ethylene must have come from fungus-infected oranges. It was not until 1934 that Gane (65) provided· chemical proof that ethylene was indeed produced by ripe apples. Since then it has been shown that ethylene is produced from essentially all parts of higher plants, including leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits, tubers, and seedlings,

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Annual Review of Plant Biology – Annual Reviews

Published: Jun 1, 1984

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