abscisic acid
noun
ab·scis·ic acid
ˌab-ˈsi-zik- 
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: a plant hormone C15H20O4 that is a sesquiterpene widespread in nature and that typically promotes leaf abscission and dormancy and has an inhibitory effect on cell elongation
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Biology category winner Israel Sampaio Filho, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Leaf abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis: the main source of Amazon rainforest response to warming
Abscisic Acid (ABA) at the Heart of Amazon Rainforest Response to Warming.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
In a natural system of stress hormones and receptors, the hormone abscisic acid is produced by a plant and binds to receptors during droughts, which help tell the plant to close its pores to retain more water.
—Jules Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
Arabidopsis, like all plants, uses a hormone called abscisic acid, or ABA, to send alerts when it’s stressed by conditions like cold, drought, or changes in soil chemistry.
—WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
Notably, the genes related to the synthesis of a major hormone responsible for plant stress responses and signaling called abscisic acid (ABA) have also been lost in Balanophora and Sapria.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
Biology category winner Israel Sampaio Filho, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Leaf abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis: the main source of Amazon rainforest response to warming Abscisic Acid (ABA) at the Heart of Amazon Rainforest Response to Warming.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
The researchers compared how different plants within this family responded to the release of abscisic acid.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 May 2022
The older trees had lower levels of a growth hormone called indole-3-acetic acid and higher levels of a growth-inhibiting hormone called abscisic acid.
—Erin Malsbury, Science | AAAS, 13 Jan. 2020
The seed has two hormones: abscisic acid (ABA), which sends the signal to stay dormant, and gibberellin (GA), which initiates germination.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 June 2017
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
In a natural system of stress hormones and receptors, the hormone abscisic acid is produced by a plant and binds to receptors during droughts, which help tell the plant to close its pores to retain more water.
—Jules Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2023
Arabidopsis, like all plants, uses a hormone called abscisic acid, or ABA, to send alerts when it’s stressed by conditions like cold, drought, or changes in soil chemistry.
—WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
Notably, the genes related to the synthesis of a major hormone responsible for plant stress responses and signaling called abscisic acid (ABA) have also been lost in Balanophora and Sapria.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
Biology category winner Israel Sampaio Filho, National Institute of Amazonian Research, Leaf abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis: the main source of Amazon rainforest response to warming Abscisic Acid (ABA) at the Heart of Amazon Rainforest Response to Warming.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2023
The researchers compared how different plants within this family responded to the release of abscisic acid.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 May 2022
The older trees had lower levels of a growth hormone called indole-3-acetic acid and higher levels of a growth-inhibiting hormone called abscisic acid.
—Erin Malsbury, Science | AAAS, 13 Jan. 2020
The seed has two hormones: abscisic acid (ABA), which sends the signal to stay dormant, and gibberellin (GA), which initiates germination.
—Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 9 June 2017
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