Great economic benefits would flow from it for
Pakistan
By Dr S.M. ALAM
& A. SHEREEN
NIA, Tando Jam
Mar 11 - 17, 2002
Growth retardants or inhibitors are those
chemicals, which exert inhibitory effects on the general growth and
development of plants. The growth behaviour and yield formatlon of
crop plants are governed by their genetic potential, climatic
conditions, the supply of nutrients and many other growth factors.
Specific control of these processes by the application of plant
bioregulators of natural of synthetic origin is increasingly emerging
in recent years. Because of their specific properties in regulating
shoot growth, the plant growth retardants have become the most widely
used group of bioregulators in agricultural and horticultural
practice. When applied in appropriate concentrations growth retardants
modify plant architecture in a typical fashion. Internode elongation
and thus plant height are reduced without affecting the numbe
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