Strength of mortality factors varies with plant productivity, the rate of production of plant biomass. For very simple systems, where few plants exist, not enough plant material is available to support herbivores, and plants must be resource limited, that is, limited by competition.

 

  

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Gibberellins are synthesized via the terpenoid pathway in three stages in Apical Tissues

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GA synthesis starts in plastids, leads to the production of a linear precursor molecule geranylgeranyl diphosphate or GGPP 20C, which gets converted into ent-kaurene. This compound is oxidized in ER, leading to GA12, Dioxygenase enzymes in the cytosol are able to oxidize GA12 to all other gibberellins in pathways

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Compounds such as AMO-1618, Cycocel, and Phosphon D are specific inhibitors of the first stage of gibberellin biosynthesis, and they are used as growth height reducers

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KNOXI gene and GA2 oxidase are primary regulators of GA