Chapter 37 - Reproduction in Flowering Plants - 37.2 - Hormones and Signaling Determine the Transition from the Vegetative to the Reproductive State - 37.2 Recap - Learning Outcomes - Page 800: 3

Florigen is a small transmissible protein that is produced in the leaves. Florigen works in the shoot apical meristem of plant buds and growing tips. It is characteristically graft-transmissible and is capable of functioning between species since different organisms share the same type of receptor.

Florigen is a small transmissible protein that is produced in the leaves. Florigen works in the shoot apical meristem of plant buds and growing tips. It is characteristically graft-transmissible and is capable of functioning between species since different organisms share the same receptor.