BRAINCAKELeaf Loss
As light intensity and temperature decline in the winter the amount of glucose needed for respiration to maintain the leaves and produce chlorophyll is less than the amount produced by photosynthesis. The leaf is also more likely to be damaged by gales and storms in the winter. Deciduous trees in temperate climates lose all their leaves in winter and remain dormant until the days lengthen and temperatures rise in spring.
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Key terms in this lesson
- auxin
- A plant growth hormone, produced at the tips of shoots and roots, that stimulates cell elongation, maintains apical dominance and controls tropisms.
- ethene
- A gaseous plant hormone that causes fruit ripening and leaf fall (abscission).
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