Plant

Hormone

Gibberellins Auxin Ethylene

Promotes Affects used to Increases
stimulate growth To induce abscission horizontal stimulate root growth
2, 4-D is widely
in dwarf plants, Used for plant parthenocarp used as a prevent and growth of ripening of and root hair
eg. bean pea propagation. y i.e. the herbicide to kill sprouting senescence, seedlings and some formation,
plants production of dicotyledonous during especially of swelling of commercial therefore
fruit without weeds. storage, eg. leaves and the axis in fruits. helping plants
prior potatoes flowers. dicot to increase
Spraying stimulate fertilization. seedlings. their
gibberellins the cause
absorption
Ethephon hastens fruit
increase developme excessive
ripening in apples and
Affects
surface area.
sugarcane yield nt of growth of horizontal
tomatoes and increases growth of
adventitiou eg. produce broad-leaf
by lengthening s roots seedless dicotyledonou yield by promoting seedlings
female flowering in and swelling
the stem. grapes & s herbaceous of the axis Used to boost
& plants soon cucumbers. It also in dicot rapid petiole
Used to hasten increase size
accelerates abscission in seedlings. elongation in
of fruits. die deep water
the maturity cherry, walnut and rice plants
period in young cotton.
conifers and To initiate flowering and
promote early synchronising fruit-set in
pineapples.
seed production.
To induce flowering in
mango.
Help to promote
bolting (i.e.
Used to break seed and bud
sudden growth of dormancy and initiate
a plant just before germination in peanut seeds.
flowering) in
cabbages and
beet.