response until 100 μM. No effects of ACC on hypotocyl length were observed for zinnia, dahlia, lobelia, salvia, or angelonia ( Fig. 1C ). For the seedling hypocotyl elongation screen, we used 10 concentrations of ACC to determine the lowest concentration at
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