Correlation

Japanese: 相関 - そうかん
Correlation

In plants, this refers to the phenomenon in which a part of an individual organ regulates the growth of other organs, parts, or the whole plant. In animals, this phenomenon is also called correlation or association.

Since roots supply water and inorganic nutrients to the above-ground parts, and leaves supply photosynthetic products to the roots, it can be said that above-ground parts and roots regulate each other's growth. In such cases, the cause of the correlation is nutritional. However, in general, correlations are often mediated by regulatory substances such as hormones. In such cases, the organ or part that affects is the source of the hormone, and the affected part is the target on which the hormone acts. Good examples where hormones are involved are apical dominance (the phenomenon in which the apical bud of a stem inhibits the growth of the lateral buds below it) and the phototropism of coleoptiles, which is regulated by the apex. In both cases, auxin is the correlating factor.

[Masayuki Katsumi]

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Japanese:

植物では、個体のある器官などの一部分が、他の器官や部分、あるいは全体の成長を調節する現象をいう。なお、動物においても、こうした現象を相関あるいは協関とよぶ。

 根は水分や無機栄養分を地上部に供給し、葉は光合成産物を根に供給していることから、地上部と根は、それぞれ互いの成長を調節しているといえる。このような場合、相関の原因は栄養的なものである。しかし、一般にはホルモンなどの調節物質が媒介となって、相関を示すことが多い。その場合、影響を及ぼす器官、あるいは部分はホルモンの供給源であり、影響を受けるほうはホルモンが作用する標的となる。ホルモンが関係する好例は、頂芽優位の現象(茎の頂芽がその下位の側芽の成長を抑制する現象)と、頂端部によって調節される子葉鞘(しようしょう)の光屈性である。いずれの場合も、オーキシンが相関因子となっている。

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