plant hormones Flashcards
auxin promote flowering in
pineapples
24D widely used to kill
dicoteledonous weeds(does not affect mature monoc plnts
spraying sugarcane crop with giberilines increases the length of the stem thus increasing the yield by as much as
20 tonnes per acre
spraying juvenile conifers with —-hastens the maturity period
GA
search for natural sub with cytoline like activities lead to he iosolation of zeatin from
corn kernels and coconut milk
giberillins promote bolting in (internode elkongn prior to flowering)
beet cabbages and many plants with rosette habit
natural cytokinins are synthesised from regions where
active cell division occurs
—–helps overcom e apical dominance and nutrient mobilisation
cytokinin
ethelene promote rapid —elongn in deep water rice plant
internode/petiole elongation
auxin induce parthenocarpy in
tomatoes
ethylene imnduces flowering in
mango
ethephone hastens fruit ripening in
tomatoes and apples
ethephone promote female female flowers in
cucumber
ethephone accelerates abcission in flowers and fruits egs
thinning of cotton
cherry
walnut
aba acts as an antagonist to
GA
