Assertion: ethylene's role | /r/HasProperty | pivotal
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text: Recently it was reported the isolation of an auxin-inducibile gene encoding for an ACC synthase, tightly associated with the F locus that determines female sex expression in cucumber, supporting the hypothesis that ethylene plays a pivotal role in the determination of sex in cucumber flowers .
text: The plant hormone ethylene plays a pivotal role in virtually every aspect of plant development, including vegetative growth, fruit ripening, senescence, and abscission.