Question

Two sets of receptors for this compound are named after its synthetic analog, pyrabactin. After its biosynthesis in the terpenoid pathway, this compound may be conjugated with a β-D-glucosyl ester for storage or oxidize into phaseic acid. This compound was first isolated in the 1960s from young cotton plants and sycamore leaves. Plant roots synthesize this compound (-5[1])to (15[1])induce an increase in its (*) root-to-shoot ratio at low water (-5[1])potential. (-5[1])Guard cells influx calcium (-5[1])ions in the presence of this hormone, resulting in (10[1]-5[1])stomatal closure during drought stress. This hormone counteracts the (-5[1])“elongative” effects of (-5[1])gibberellins (-5[1])to (-5[3])prevent (-5[1])germination during seed dormancy. For 10 points, name this growth-inhibiting plant (-5[2])hormone named for its dubious involvement in leaf (10[1])shedding. (10[10]0[9])■END■

ANSWER: abscisic acid [or ABA; accept abscisin II; accept dormin]
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y617%0%33%117.00
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y475%0%75%117.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%25%25%102.25
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y667%0%67%108.00
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y10%0%100%0.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y333%0%100%117.00

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Sam MacchiVassarIowa97-5
Andrew MinagarYaleBard108-5
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL C108-5
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Evan SchleckGathererColumbia B1170
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Amy WangToronto SproutToronto Penguin World War11710
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