Whereas gibberellin and ethylene may both hasten abscission development in explant tissues (6, 7), and may provoke simi,lar actions in releasing some dormant buds or seeds (11, 17) in several growth functions these 2 regulators may have opposing types of effects. For example, ethylene and gibberellin (GA) ihave opposite effects in senescence development (3, 13). The reports that gibberellin can...

In secularized modern Western societies, moral opposition to the liberalization of abortion, gay adoption, euthanasia, and suicide often relies on justifications based on other-oriented motives (mainly, protection of the weak, e.g., children). Moreover, some argue that the truly open-minded people may be those who, against the stream, oppose the established dominant liberal values in modern soc...