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The Effects Of Priming Eruca Sativa Seeds With Short-Chain Ahl C6-Hsl At Bard Farm, Shannon M. Ryan
The Effects Of Priming Eruca Sativa Seeds With Short-Chain Ahl C6-Hsl At Bard Farm, Shannon M. Ryan
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Many gram-negative bacteria use quorum sensing to assess population densities and cooperate with another. The quorum sensing autoinducers N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) have been found to cause altered gene expression patterns in plants, resulting in increased root and shoot growth as well as induced pathogenic resistance in various species. Researchers have begun exploring the ways AHLs may be used in agricultural systems to reduce the use of environmentally harmful synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. In this study, the effect of priming arugula (Eruca sativa) seeds with the short-chain AHL C6-HSL was investigated at Bard Farm in Annandale-On-Hudson, New York. Leaf lengths …