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Commercial Use of
Plant Hormones
- Weedkillers
- Selective weedkillers
attack some plants and not
others.
- Contains a growth hormone
causing plants to grow too
quickly and to die.
- Contains a growth hormone
causing plants to grow too
quickly and to die.
- Selective weedkillers
attack some plants and not
others.
- Rooting Powder
- used to produce lots of
clones of a really good
plant very quickly
- cut off part of a plant
will not normally grow
- rooting powder makes
this possible because it
contains a plant growth
hormone
- cut off plant starts
producing roots and growing
as a new plant
- cut off plant starts
producing roots and growing
as a new plant
- rooting powder makes
this possible because it
contains a plant growth
hormone
- used to produce lots of
clones of a really good
plant very quickly
- Controlling the ripening of fruit
- Fruits are sprayed with hormones to either
delay or speed up ripening so they are
ready to sell.
- Fruits are sprayed with hormones to either
delay or speed up ripening so they are
ready to sell.
- Dormancy
- plants going through certain
conditions until starting to
germinate, i.e. periods of cold or
dryness
- hormone called
gibberellin overcomes
this dormancy
- plants can grow on times
they wouldn't grow normally
- plants can grow on times
they wouldn't grow normally
- plants going through certain
conditions until starting to
germinate, i.e. periods of cold or
dryness
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