Plant Biotech

INTRODUCTION Secondary metabolites (SM) occur in plants in a high structural diversity. A typical feature of SM is their storage in...

DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, when coal gas was used for street illumination, it was observed that trees in the vicinity of streetlamps def...

OCCURRENCE AND ACTIVITY OF ABSCISIC ACID Abscisic acid (ABA) ( Figure 1. ) is another naturally occurring Plant Hormone . It is a 15-carb...

NATURAL OCCURRENCE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF GIBBERELLINS Unlike the classification of auxins which are classified ...

Cytokinins Zeatin  Cytokinins are complex class of plant hormones . The naturally occurring cytokinins include Zeatin (Z), iP (Isopenten...

Nature of Auxins The term auxin is  from the Greek articulate auxein which means to grow.  Compounds are broadly considered auxins if they...