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Robotic Sensing and Stimuli Provision for Guided Plant Growth
Published on: July 1, 2019
[Plant hormones, plant growth regulators]
György Végvári1, Edina Vidéki1
1Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Kertészettudományi Kar Budapest Villányi út 35-43. 1118.
Abstract:
Plants seem to be rather defenceless, they are unable to do motion, have no nervous system or immune system unlike animals. Besides this, plants do have hormones, though these substances are produced not in glands. In view of their complexity they lagged behind animals, however, plant organisms show large scale integration in their structure and function. In higher plants, such as in animals, the intercellular communication is fulfilled through chemical messengers. These specific compounds in plants are called phytohormones, or in a wide sense, bioregulators. Even a small quantity of these endogenous organic compounds are able to regulate the operation, growth and development of higher plants, and keep the connection between cells, tissues and synergy between organs. Since they do not have nervous and immume systems, phytohormones play essential role in plants' life.
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