Role of Gibberellins in Dormancy and Germination

A hormone balance theory has been invoked in which ABA and GA act antagonistically to control both dormancy breakage and germination...

Role of ABA and Components of the ABA Signalling Pathway

(1) Promotion of Developmental Processes, Prevention of Precocious Germination and Induction of Dormancy During Seed Development Whether...

Types of Seed Dormancy

This review will focus on the process of primary seed dormancy. As noted above, primary dormancy is characterised by a transient inability of...

Plant growth hormones

The two most important growth hormones of plants, so far considered antagonists, also work synergistically. The activities of auxin and cytokinin,...

Nature of Abscisic Acid

Abscisic acid is a single compound unlike the auxins, gibberellins, and cytokinins. It was called "abscisin II"...

Nature of Auxins

The term auxin is derived from the Greek word auxein which means to grow. Compounds are generally considered auxins if they can be characterized...