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How do plant hormones benefit the plant?
Some active ingrediants in plant weed killers either disrupt the metabiolic processes of the cells - causing them to abort and die, or they may actually stimulate and over growth within the plant, where the plant is unable to take up sufficient nutrients to keep up with the increased growth rate - effectively growing the plant to death. Some hormonal weed killers if used in very dillute concentrations are used as growth stimulators in plant production and tissue culture
How synthetic plant hormones are effective as weedkillers?
Plant hormones don't kill weeds. They are used for killing pests like aphids which absorb the hormone present in the phloem of the plant. These hormones are toxic for them and they die after consuming them.
How do growth hormones and antibiotics found in meat affect your body?
The growth hormones and antibiotics used in the raising of cattle and other meat animals are not passed on to you. They are denatured (changed) when they are cooked and do not act on your body.
What is N2O used for?
Its used to stimulate plant growth and cell in humans.
What are plant responses to ethylene?
Ethylene is a plant hormone. It has to do with plant germination, fruit growth, and fruit ripening. It is widely used in agriculture to make the fruits sprout quickly, fully, and uniformly.Basically ethylene:promotes fruit ripeningallows a plant to grow around an object when sproutingcauses apoptosis - a natural form of cell death: (causes leaves to fall in autumn)
Why is growth hormones used in biology?
Growth hormones are mainly used in organisms, especially in livestock. An example would be that a farmer may want to increase the production of lean meat. So, he inserts growth hormones in cattle.
How is limestone important to agriculture?
Limestone is important to agriculture because it helps to improve soil quality. It is commonly used as a soil amendment to neutralize acidic soils, which can be detrimental to plant growth. Limestone also provides essential nutrients like calcium and magnesium to the soil, promoting healthy plant growth and improving crop yields.
What is tissue plant growth and how it is used?
tissue plant growth is the growth of small organism plant and it is used by growing it in a test tube
What are thyroid hormones used for?
Thyroid hormones are necessary for regulating cell metabolism and growth.
What hormone or hormones can be used to assist plant growth?
Auxins which promote apical dominance, cell elongation and root growth and gibberilins which stimulate elongation growth.
Why are plant hormones used?
Growing cuttings. Cuttings develop much bigger root systems if they are dipped in hormone rooting powder or planted in rooting compound containing growth hormone - making it possible to clone plants quickly and cheaply. * Producing fruit without seeds. To do this, growth hormones are sprayed onto unpollinated flowers to make them grow fruit without fertilisation. * Ripening fruit. The plant hormone ethene is sprayed on fruits to make them ripen fast and all at the same time before harvesting. Bananas are harvested before they are ripe to reduce damage to them during transport, and then sprayed with ethene to ripen them. * Increasing the size of fruit. For example, grapes are sprayed with the hormone gibberellin to increase the size of the fruit. * Controlling weeds. Some synthetic weed killers which selectively kill unwanted plants contain growth substances that speed up the metabolism. As a result weeds like dock and dandelion grow so fast that their food and water supply cannot keep up, so they run out of energy and die
Where do prescribed growth hormones come from?
In the mid-1980s, techniques were discovered that could produce growth hormones in the lab. Now, the only growth hormone used for treatment is that made in a laboratory.
What plant hormones might be used to enhance stem elongation and fruit growth?
Stem elongation is promoted by plant hormones called giberellins.
How do plant hormones benefit the plant?
Some active ingrediants in plant weed killers either disrupt the metabiolic processes of the cells - causing them to abort and die, or they may actually stimulate and over growth within the plant, where the plant is unable to take up sufficient nutrients to keep up with the increased growth rate - effectively growing the plant to death. Some hormonal weed killers if used in very dillute concentrations are used as growth stimulators in plant production and tissue culture
How synthetic plant hormones are effective as weedkillers?
Plant hormones don't kill weeds. They are used for killing pests like aphids which absorb the hormone present in the phloem of the plant. These hormones are toxic for them and they die after consuming them.
Why is indigo used in agriculture?
wye is indigo usedin agriculture why is indigo used in agriculture?
Can human growth hormones help with Narcolepsy?
I've just spent quite a while researching this, but I cannot find anything that mentions growth hormones being used in narcolepsy. -DJ Craig
