#environmental response

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Plant signal transduction mechanisms may be relatively rapid or extremely slow (Figure 15.1)

"Plant Physiology and Development" int'l 6e - Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Møller, I.M., Murphy, A.

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When exposed to unfavorable environmental conditions, this complex interactive system adjusts homeostatically to minimize the negative impacts of stress and maintain metabolic equilibrium (Figure 24.1). (...) Under these conditions, the plant could compensate either by slowing down biosynthesis, thus reducing its growth rate, or by drawing on its stored food reserves in the form of starch (see Figure 24.1).

"Plant Physiology and Development" int'l 6e - Taiz, L., Zeiger, E., Møller, I.M., Murphy, A.

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Largest Marine Spill in History of Natural Gas Condensate.  

Leading expert on marine oil spills, Professor Richard Steiner, who worked on Exxon Valdez spill, says there has never been a spill of this type before and the environmental response was inadequate.

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