Table 4 Summaries of the direction of observed trends of the four measurable chemicals, relative to wild type for the four types of experiment: pls mutant, feeding auxin, ethylene and cytokinin respectively (first four columns)

Trend relative to wild type with no feeding

Trend relative to pls mutant with no feeding

(k ₆=0.3, IAA=ACC=cytokinin=0)

(k ₆=0, IAA=ACC=cytokinin=0)

Chemical output

pls mutant

Feed Auxin

Feed Ethylene

Feed Cytokinin

pls mutant + Feed Ethylene

(k ₆=0)

(IAA=1)

(ACC=1)

(cytokinin=1)

(k ₆=0 and ACC=1)