comercial uses of plants
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- comercial uses of plant hormones
- auxins
- used as herbicides-shoot growth continues until plant falls and dies
- root powder containing auxins encourages root growth
- giberellins
- delays senescence in citrus fruit so that they can be displayed for longer in shops
- elongates stalks of grapes so that bigger, less compacted grapes produced
- increases rate of production of malt for brewing
- elongates stalk of sugar cane to increase yeild of sugar
- cytokinins
- prevent yellowing of lettuce leaves
- used in tissue culture to mass produce plants by encouraging growth of many latteral buds that can be used as cuttings
- ethene
- speeds up fruit ripening
- promoting fruit drop in cherry cotton and walnut
- auxins
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