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If ethylene is stimulating the growth of dimater then is it like that it is stimulating the growth of intercalary meristems so as to divide more and increase the diamter?

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Ethylene promotes fruit growth, ripening of fruits etc, it inhibits the longitudinal growth and thus stimulates transverse growth so that stem looks swollen.

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