"One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel": The plant hormone ethylene, the small molecule and its complexity

• Main Author: Domenico De Martinis (auth)
• Other Authors: Caren Chang (auth), Tomotsugu Koyama (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; plant physiology; Plant Pathology; plant development; Plant hormone; Plant Biochemistry; C2H4; ethylene; Plant Stress; plant reproduction; Plant molecular biology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The gaseous molecule ethylene (C2H4), which is small in size and simple in structure, is a plant hormone most often associated with fruit ripening yet has a diversity of effects throughout the plant life cycle. While its agricultural effects were known even in ancient Egypt, the complexity of its mo...