UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, CAREN CHANG
(See “Conservation of ethylene as a plant hormone over 450 million years of evolution,” Nature Plants, 2015.)
Image of the Day: Ethylene Elongation
The green algae Spirogyra pratensis grows when exposed to ethylene—a stress hormone previously thought to be unique to land plants, in which it induces flowering and fruit ripening.
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