ISBN: 9788189729226    Publisher: Genetech Year of publishing: 2007     Format:  Hardcover No of Pages: vi, 274        Language: English

Synthetic plant growth regulators are inorganic substances made by physical chemistry that affect plant growth. Some mimic the natural growth regulators in structure and action. Many are completely different to natural regulators both in structure and action. They are applied for specific purposes to affect specific plant responses. Achieving the best results with PGRs is a combination of art and science--science tempered with a lot of trial and error and a good understanding of plant growth and development. Several new plant growth regulators have come on the market for use in plants in recent years. These plant growth regulators have given plant growers a new opportunity to influence plant growth to their advantage. The structure, functions, advantage and disadvantages of synthetic plant growth regulators elaborately described in this book. Students, teachers and researchers in the field of plant science, agriculture and biotechnology will find this book of utmost use. Contents Chapter 1: Synthetic Plant Growth Regulators; Chapter 2: Photosynthesis to Stress and Plant Growth Regulators; Chapter 3: Synthetic Plant Promoters; Chapter 4: Plant Growth Regulators on Turfgrass Growth; Chapter 5: Plant Growth Regulators for Cotton; Chapter 6: Plant Growth Regulators Used in Floriculture; Chapter 7: Tree Growth Retardants; Chapter 8: Plant Growth Regulators on Containerised Herbaceous Perennials; Chapter 9: Commercial Greenhouse Flowers; Chapter 10: Carbohydrate, Metabolism and Turfgrasses; Chapter 11: Hormones, Signals and Target Cells in Plant Development; Chapter 12: Hairy Root Culture of Artemisia annua L., Chapter 13: Diagnosing Problems Due to Plant Growth Regulators; Chapter 14: Plant Growth Regulators and Biotechnology.
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