Testing of Plant Growth Hormones & Regulators

• Numerous factors affect the cell growth in plants; these factors can be external (environmental) and internal. Considering the internal factors, the plant growth hormones play the most important role in cell growth. The plant hormones not only promote growth but also help in flowering. The plant hormones and growth regulators also affect:
• Root growth
• Stem elongation

• Distortion and killing of organs
• Prevention or promotion of stem elongation
• Color enhancement of fruit

• Quantity of fruits & vegetables
• Volume of each individual fruit or vegetable
• Prevention of leafing, leaf fall or both
• And many other conditions

• The hormones in plants are produced naturally, but there arise situations when these hormones are needed to be regulated by human intervention. Humans can apply these regulators to the plants through ‘foliar spray application’ or ‘drenching’ application. While the application part is all defined and set, the major part that cannot be left unattended is to get these man-made compounds analyzed in the testing labs.

Plant growth hormones and regulators are used for many years now, and each of them has different effects depending on the plants. At Anacon Laboratories, we test for you the following compounds-

The auxin is responsible for stem elongation & bud suppression, the cytokinins regulate cell division & differentiation, the ethylene is responsible for abscission & fruit ripening, and gibberellins increases fruit size & flower size, further, it also promotes bolting and seed germination.