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Domestic manufacturers continue to struggle in the face of competition from cheaper imports from Asia, prompting these ...

This chemical is produced commercially and contains indole-3-butyric acid (IBA,) an artificial version of the natural plant hormone auxin. Naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) is another synthetic rooting ...

That, too, came with a warning label. “You cannot out-subsidize China,” warned Mamun Rashid, CEO of Auxin Solar in California. Rashid was one of three executives who gave opening remarks at ...

A group of US-based solar manufacturers have filed an antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition to the US ...

We propose a role for the plant hormone auxin as an integrator of the activities of multiple plant hormones to control plant growth in response to the environment. Plants are sessile organisms and ...

First Solar and Qcells , the two largest solar-panel manufacturers in the U.S., have joined a coalition of domestic suppliers ...

The research completed at Leiden University was the first to identify three compounds in the tulips that are beneficial to the skin: auxin, kinetin and flavonoids. Loaded with auxin, that’s the ...

This year brings several new chemical tools to California rice. With many herbicide-resistant species as well as emerging ...

During the growing season, trees release two hormones -- ethylene, which causes the leaves to fall, and auxin, which counteracts ethylene. As winter approaches, ethylene levels rise as auxin levels ...

Examples of plant proteins that go through this cycling are the auxin carrier, PIN-FORMED1 (PIN1); the water channel, PIP2; and the K + channel, KAT1. This constant exchange of proteins between ...

Just like phototropism, gravitropism is also caused by an unequal distribution of auxin. When a stem is placed horizontally, the bottom side contains more auxin and grows more - causing the stem ...