Plant growth regulators in agriculture and horticulture: their role and commercial uses.

Contents * About the Editor * Contributors * Preface * Chapter 1. Control of Root Formation by Plant Growth Regulators * Introduction and Historical Perspective * Plant Growth Regulators Involved in Root Formation and Development * Effect of Plant Growth Regulators in Root Initiation * Future Perspectives * Chapter 2. Manipulating Yield Potential in Cereals Using Plant Growth Regulators * Plant Growth Regulators in Cereal Production: History and Present-Day in a Nutshell * How Do Plant Regulators Work? * Possibilities for Manipulating Formation and Realization of Yield Potential * Modifying Root Growth and Seedling Establishment * Modifying Straw Characteristics * PGR Effects on Stem Elongation and Lodging Resistance * PGR Effects on Buildup of Stem Reserves * Enhancing Buildup of Stem Reserves with Plant Growth Regulators? * Modifying Tillering and Number of Heads Per Unit Area * PGR Effects on Tiller Growth and Yield * Modifying Floret, Grain, and Spikelet Set * Modifying Grain-Filling Rate * Modifying Duration of Phenophases and Senescence Processes * Potential of Unconventional Plant Growth Regulatory Compounds for Enchancing Yield Formation * Some Future Prospects * Concluding Remarks * Chapter 3. Regulation of Gibberellins Is Crucial for Plant Stress Protection * Introduction * Inhibitors of GA Biosynthesis * The Triazoles * Non-Chemical Regulation of Gibberellin * Summary * Chapter 4. Plant Growth Retardants in Ornamental Horticulture * Introduction * Growth-Retardant Chemicals and Their Mode of Action * Control of Plant Height * Efficacy and Method of Application * Uptake, Movement, and Persistence in Plants * Phytotoxicity * Effect on Flowering * Plant Physiological Responses * Future Trends * Chapter 5. Role of Growth Regulators in the Postharvest Life of Ornamentals * Postharvest Life of Ornamentals * Factors Affecting the Postharvest Life of Ornamentals * Growth Regulators and the Postharvest Life of Ornamentals * Chapter 6. Manipulating Fruit Development and Storage Quality by Using Growth Regulators * Introduction * Thinning * Fruit Development * Fruit Drop * Fruit Ripening * Storage Quality * Conclusions * Chapter 7. Role of PGRs in Citriculture * Introduction * Procedure for ABA, IAA, and GA Analyses * Endogenous Phytohormones in Flowers * Changes of Phytohormone Levels in Fruitlets * Abscission and Phytohormones of Fruitlets * Chapter 8. Reducing Fruit Drop in Lychee with PGR Sprays * Introduction * Fruit Growth and Development * Fruitlet Abscission Pattern * Reduction of Fruitlet Abscission with PGR Sprays * Conclusion * Chapter 9. Chemical Bloom Thinning of Pome and Stone Fruits * Introduction * Reasons for Bloom Thinning * Strategies of Crop Load Management * Unresolved Problems * Index * Reference Notes Included