Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture : Their Role and Commercial Uses

ISBN-13: 9781560228967 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 264 str.

Amarjit S. Basra

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This thorough book will give crop scientists and growers the latest information on several growth regulators, or phytohormones, that are used to improve the growth and yield of plants. Examining new approaches, such as molecular genetics, to investigate hormone root physiology, this guide will help you improve the yields of important crops and increase the efficiency of specific plants.

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Contents

• About the Editor
• Contributors
• Preface
• Chapter 1. Control of Root Formation by Plant Growth Regulators
• Introduction and Historical Perspective
• Plant Growth Regulators Involved in Root Formation and Development
• Effect of Plant Growth Regulators in Root Initiation
• Future Perspectives
• Chapter 2. Manipulating Yield Potential in Cereals Using Plant Growth Regulators
• Plant Growth Regulators in Cereal Production: History and Present-Day in a Nutshell
• How Do Plant Regulators Work?
• Possibilities for Manipulating Formation and Realization of Yield Potential
• Modifying Root Growth and Seedling Establishment
• Modifying Straw Characteristics
• PGR Effects on Stem Elongation and Lodging Resistance
• PGR Effects on Buildup of Stem Reserves
• Enhancing Buildup of Stem Reserves with Plant Growth Regulators?
• Modifying Tillering and Number of Heads Per Unit Area
• PGR Effects on Tiller Growth and Yield
• Modifying Floret, Grain, and Spikelet Set
• Modifying Grain-Filling Rate
• Modifying Duration of Phenophases and Senescence Processes
• Potential of Unconventional Plant Growth Regulatory Compounds for Enchancing Yield Formation
• Some Future Prospects
• Concluding Remarks
• Chapter 3. Regulation of Gibberellins Is Crucial for Plant Stress Protection
• Introduction
• Inhibitors of GA Biosynthesis
• The Triazoles
• Non-Chemical Regulation of Gibberellin
• Summary
• Chapter 4. Plant Growth Retardants in Ornamental Horticulture
• Introduction
• Growth-Retardant Chemicals and Their Mode of Action
• Control of Plant Height
• Efficacy and Method of Application
• Uptake, Movement, and Persistence in Plants
• Phytotoxicity
• Effect on Flowering
• Plant Physiological Responses
• Future Trends
• Chapter 5. Role of Growth Regulators in the Postharvest Life of Ornamentals
• Postharvest Life of Ornamentals
• Factors Affecting the Postharvest Life of Ornamentals
• Growth Regulators and the Postharvest Life of Ornamentals
• Chapter 6. Manipulating Fruit Development and Storage Quality by Using Growth Regulators
• Introduction
• Thinning
• Fruit Development
• Fruit Drop
• Fruit Ripening
• Storage Quality
• Conclusions
• Chapter 7. Role of PGRs in Citriculture
• Introduction
• Procedure for ABA, IAA, and GA Analyses
• Endogenous Phytohormones in Flowers
• Changes of Phytohormone Levels in Fruitlets
• Abscission and Phytohormones of Fruitlets
• Chapter 8. Reducing Fruit Drop in Lychee with PGR Sprays
• Introduction
• Fruit Growth and Development
• Fruitlet Abscission Pattern
• Reduction of Fruitlet Abscission with PGR Sprays
• Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Chemical Bloom Thinning of Pome and Stone Fruits
• Introduction
• Reasons for Bloom Thinning
• Strategies of Crop Load Management
• Unresolved Problems
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

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Amarjit Basra