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Table 5.10
Summary of the effects of phytohormones on carotenoid production and associated processes
Phenomenon
Autofluorescence
Biomass
Carotenoid
accumulation
Astaxanthin
Lipid accumulation
Transcription of
astaxanthin genes
Auxin
Indole-3-acetic acid (IAA)
++
++
++
Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA)
++
2,4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid
(2,4D)
+
IPA
–
–
+
++
+
–
–
Kinetin (KT)
–
Ethanolamine (ETA)
–
+
Diethyl aminoethyl hexanoate
(DA-6)
–
Gibberelin
Gibberellic acid (GA)
+
+
–
+
1-naphthoylacetic acid (NAA)
–
Abscissic acid (ABA)
+
–
++
–
Ethylene
1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic
acid (ACC)
–
+
+
–
2-chlorobenzoic acid (CA)
–
+
+
–
Taxon
Chromochloris
zofingiensis
(Chen
et al. 2020)
Chromochloris
zofingiensis
(Chen
et al. 2020)
Scenedesmus
quadricaula
livet
(Liu et al. 2016)
Chromochloris
zofingiensis
(Chen
et al. 2020)
Crypthecodinium
cohnii
(Li et al.
2015)
Cyanobacteria
(Anahas and
Muralitharan 2019)
Crypthecodinium
cohnii
(Cui et al.
2018)
Chromochloris
zofingiensis
(Chen
et al. 2020)
Haematococcus
pluvialis
(Gao
et al. 2013)