auxin


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a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth

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One of the channel molecules that conduct the transport of auxin is commonly known as auxin efflux carrier (PIN) (Friml et al.
Auxin is a central player in the hormone cross-talks that control adventitious rooting.
Punjab Board of Investment and Trade and Faisalabad Industrial Estate Management Company will help Norinco Auxin to acquire more than 50 acres of land closer to the existing industrial hub.
Under the MoU, the PBIT and FIEDMC will also help Norinco Auxin acquire more than 50 acres of land close to the existing industrial hub.
Synthetic auxin herbicides, at low rate, have similar hormonal properties to natural auxin; nevertheless raising the herbicide rate causes several abnormalities in sensitive broadleaf.
Auxin is used by plants to control a variety of processes ranging from organ development to defense against pathogenic microbes.
Among diazotrophic bacteria one of the most important and known species is Azospririllum brasilense for its production capacity of indole-acetic acid (AIA) auxin. The effects of rhizobacteria inoculation with genus Azospirillum spp.
Auxin, an essential plant hormone, plays vital roles in various aspects of plant growth and development, such as embryogenesis, organogenesis, tropic growth, shoot elongation, root architecture, flower and fruit development, tissue and organ patterning, and vascular development [1-9].
Experimental results showed the potential of clonal propagation of guava through soft wood cuttings treated with auxin under simpler and cheaper low-plastic tunnel.
Soybean, cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) are among the crop species most susceptible to synthetic auxin herbicides, such as dicamba, 2,4-D, and florpyrauxifen-benzyl.