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Plant Growth Regulators (aka Hormones)

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Here's some information about Plant Growth Regulators:

"Plant hormones are signal molecules produced within the plant, and occur in extremely low concentrations. Hormones regulate cellular processes in targeted cells locally and, when moved to other locations, in other locations of the plant. Hormones also determine the formation of flowers, stems, leaves, the shedding of leaves, and the development and ripening of fruit. Plants, unlike animals, lack glands that produce and secrete hormones. Instead, each cell is capable of producing hormones. Plant hormones shape the plant, affecting seed growth, time of flowering, the sex of flowers, senescence of leaves, and fruits. They affect which tissues grow upward and which grow downward, leaf formation and stem growth, fruit development and ripening, plant longevity, and even plant death. Hormones are vital to plant growth, and, lacking them, plants would be mostly a mass of undifferentiated cells. So they are also called as growth factors or growth hormones"

http://massspectrumbotanicals.com/learn/ http://massspectrumbotanicals.com/learn/plant-growth-regulators/ http://massspectrumbotanicals.com/learn/biostimulants/ http://massspectrumbotanicals.com/learn/plant-biostimulants-overview/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_hormone