abscission
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The tree produces less of a chemical called auxin, and that drop in auxin contributes to a weakening of tissue at the leaf stem’s base, creating what’s known as an abscission layer.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2023
The leaves that aren’t dropped from a tree, though, don’t develop abscission layers at all.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2023
“The restriction of ethylene’s destructive effects only to cells in the abscission zone illustrates the precise control plants exercise over their hormone systems,” Capon wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
However, more recent studies indicate that ABA plays only a minor role in the abscission process.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
From M. Guizot Val Richer, March 4th.—Your sad predictions were well founded; the painful abscission has been made; we bore it at least with good sense and dignity.
From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox
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