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Senescence, Abscission and Cellulase Activity in Phaseolus vulgaris

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Before abscission, high cellulase activity develops in cells of the abscission zone, suggesting that this enzyme plays an important part in cell separation. Cellulase activity rises in response to senescence of tissue distal to the zone; distal senescence is regulated by auxin and ethylene.

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  1. Department of Agriculture,

    ROGER F. HORTON

  2. Agricultural Research Council Unit, Department of Agriculture, University of Oxford,

    DAPHNE J. OSBORNE

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HORTON, R., OSBORNE, D. Senescence, Abscission and Cellulase Activity in Phaseolus vulgaris. Nature 214, 1086–1088 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2141086a0

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