76 ORAL SESSION 13 (Abstr. 478-483) Floriculture: Postharvest Physiology/Plant Growth Regulators
cumbersome size for handling and shipping. Applications of plant growth regulators (PGRs) may help to extend the amount of time these plants can be held before distribution and sale, to improve visual quality, and to facilitate shipping. There are many PGRs
142 WORKSHOP 19 (Abstr. 688-690) Opportunities and Challenges in the Development and Registration of Plant Growth Regulators Wednesday, 26 July, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
expense ( Holland et al., 2007 ). Applying plant growth regulators, on the other hand, is generally less labor intensive than manual pruning, although there is a chance it can cause phytotoxicity in certain crops ( Meijón et al., 2009 ). Three specific
1 Assistant Professor. 2 Research Specialist. We gratefully acknowledge partial funding of this project by the United States Golf Association and the Kentucky Turfgrass Council. Discussions of herbicides and plant growth regulators imply no
fulfillment of the requirements for the MS degree. The authors gratefully acknowledge the technical assistance of Velva Groover. Plant material generously provided by Yoder Green Leaf, Lancaster, Pa. Multivariate repeated measures analysis of plant growth
; Finkelstein, 2010 ; Khan et al., 2007 ; Prat, 2010 ; Woodger et al., 2010 ; Xu et al., 2007 ). Plant growth regulators have been widely used in the vegetative propagation of bulbous ornamentals ( Gaspar et al., 1996 ; Hanks and Rees, 1977 ; Kawa
2020 ( Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 2020 ; Sinchana et al., 2020 ) using different tissues/organs, explants, and media with different plant growth regulators (PGRs) concentrations. Some researchers used the Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium as the base
dormancy, various methods like scarification, pretreatment with plant growth regulators (PGRs), and temperature shocks are used to break dormancy ( Copeland and McDonald 2001 ; Hidayati et al., 2012 ). Plant seed germination depends on both intrinsic and
) as influenced by six foliar-applied plant growth regulator treatments: benzyladenine at two rates (250 and 500 ppm); gibberellic acid 4 and 7 (GA 4+7 ) plus benzyladenine at two rates (50 and 100 ppm); and ethephon at two rates (200 and 400 ppm). Only