The document discusses plant growth regulators and their role in crop improvement. It begins by introducing plant hormones and the five major classes: auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. It then examines each hormone in more detail, describing their discovery, functions, effects on growth, and practical applications in agriculture. Specific examples are provided such as how auxins promote cell elongation and apical dominance, gibberellins induce stem elongation and seed germination, and ethylene stimulates fruit ripening and senescence. In conclusion, plant growth regulators are important for plant growth and development and widely used to improve crop yields and quality.
Plant growth regulators are chemicals that alter plant growth and development. The main plant hormones are auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. Auxins promote cell elongation and root growth. Gibberellins promote stem elongation and seed germination. Cytokinins promote cell division. Abscisic acid induces dormancy and leaf senescence. Ethylene promotes fruit ripening and senescence. Together these hormones precisely regulate key processes in the plant life cycle.
Plant growth regulators, also known as plant hormones, are chemicals that alter plant growth. The main plant hormones are auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. Auxins promote cell elongation and root growth. Gibberellins promote cell elongation and division, leading to stem growth. Cytokinins promote cell division. Abscisic acid inhibits growth and promotes leaf and fruit drop. Ethylene promotes fruit ripening and leaf senescence. These hormones precisely control many aspects of plant growth and development.
Plant hormones or Plant hormones are Auxin, Cytokinin, Gibberellic acid, Abscisic acid and Ethylene. they are also called as Phytohormones or Plant Growth Regulators which play key role in various stages of plant development such as seed germination, shoot formation, root formation, stem elongation, scenescence, abscision, fruit ripining etc.
Generally, there are five types of plant hormones, namely, auxin, gibberellins (GAs), cytokinins, abscisic acid (ABA) and ethylene. In addition to these, there are more derivative compounds, both natural and synthetic, which also act as plant growth regulators.
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Plant growth and development are controlled by internal factors like nutrients and plant hormones. There are two main types of plant hormones - auxins and gibberellins. Auxins were the first hormone discovered and promote growth along the vertical axis. Gibberellins were discovered due to a rice disease and cause excessive stem elongation. Both auxin and gibberellins promote cell division and elongation leading to effects like fruit development and delayed senescence.
Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones, regulate growth and development in plants. There are five major classes of plant hormones: auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. Auxins promote cell elongation and differentiation, as well as apical dominance. Gibberellins promote stem elongation. Cytokinins stimulate cell division and differentiation. Ethylene regulates fruit ripening and inhibits stem elongation. Abscisic acid induces seed dormancy. Plant hormones have potential medical applications, as some can inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
Auxins are a group of plant hormones that play a key role in plant growth and development. They stimulate stem and root elongation, promote apical dominance, influence tissue differentiation and organ formation, and are involved in phototropism and gravitropism. Auxins move from areas of high concentration to low concentration through active transport processes. An increase in auxin concentration on one side of a plant organ causes asymmetric growth and bending towards lower auxin levels in response to stimuli like light and gravity. Many synthetic auxins are used commercially in horticulture to promote rooting of cuttings, prevent fruit drop, induce parthenocarpy, and for selective weed control.
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Auxins are plant hormones that regulate growth and development. The main auxin is indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) which is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan through several pathways. IAA is transported from shoot tips to regions of elongation through active transport and influences growth through effects on cell wall plasticity and gene expression. Auxins have many physiological roles including stem elongation, apical dominance, root initiation, fruit development, and growth responses to light.
Plant hormones are naturally occurring organic substances that affect physiological processes. This presentation describes about five major groups of plant hormones, such as auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid and about their biosynthesis, transport, pathways and physiological effects.
Plant hormones are organic compounds produced by plants that regulate various physiological processes. The main classes of plant hormones are auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. Each hormone has distinct functions like cell elongation, fruit development, and stress responses. They act in very low concentrations and often work together through complex interactions to control plant growth and development.
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This document summarizes the major classes of plant hormones, including auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. It describes their roles in processes like cell elongation, fruit ripening, dormancy, and responses to stress. The document also discusses some newer identified plant hormones and their functions, as well as potential medical applications of harnessing plant hormones to target cancer cells.
This document provides an overview of a seminar on plant hormones and growth regulators. It discusses the five major plant hormones: auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. For each hormone, it describes their classification, discovery, roles in plant growth and development processes like cell division, fruit ripening, dormancy, and responses to environmental stresses. The document aims to inform attendees about the key functions and effects of different plant hormones.
This document summarizes the biosynthesis of several major plant hormones: auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. It describes the key discoveries in identifying each hormone, where they are produced in plants, their biosynthesis pathways, and main functions. For each hormone, it discusses the scientists who first discovered and isolated it, the tissues and organs where it is synthesized, and its role in processes like cell growth, flowering, dormancy, and stress responses.
This document discusses plant hormones and plant growth regulators. It describes the main types of plant hormones - auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. For each hormone, it provides details on their discovery, natural and synthetic forms, sites of synthesis, and roles in plant growth and development such as cell elongation, division, dormancy, flowering, and fruit ripening. It also discusses the roles of anti-auxins and anti-gibberellins in inhibiting the effects of auxins and gibberellins, respectively.
Plant growth regulators are very important component for enhancing yield, improvement of fruit quality, abiotic stress management, ripening, etc in horticultural crops, which are briefly described in this presentation.
Plant growth regulators include hormones and vitamins that control plant growth and development. The major plant hormones are auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. Auxins were the first to be discovered and include natural auxins like IAA as well as synthetic auxins such as IBA and NAA. Their structure requires an aromatic ring and acidic side chain. Auxins promote cell elongation and division, stem elongation, apical dominance, phototropism, and root initiation. They have various agricultural applications such as rooting cuttings and fruit thinning. Gibberellins were discovered due to their role in causing excessive stem growth in diseased rice. Cytokinins
Plant growth regulators (PGRs) were discovered in the late 19th/early 20th century and have been important in horticulture. Auxins were the first recognized phytohormone and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is the most active auxin. Gibberellins were isolated in the 1930s from fungi and are involved in stem elongation and flowering. Cytokinins were discovered in the 1950s and promote cell division. Over 500 compounds have properties of growth regulators and important classes include abscisic acid, ethylene, brassinosteroids, jasmonates, polyamines, and salicylic acid.
This document is a project write-up on plant growth hormones submitted by Abhinav Baranwal to Dr. Gurminder Kaur. It discusses the five major classes of plant hormones (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene) and provides details on their discovery, chemical nature, physiological functions, and agricultural uses. The write-up acknowledges those who provided guidance and assistance during the project.
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Plant hormones, also known as phytohormones, regulate growth and development in plants. There are five major classes of plant hormones: auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. Auxins promote cell elongation and differentiation, as well as apical dominance. Gibberellins promote stem elongation. Cytokinins stimulate cell division and differentiation. Ethylene regulates fruit ripening and inhibits stem elongation. Abscisic acid induces seed dormancy. Plant hormones have potential medical applications, as some can inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
Auxins are a group of plant hormones that play a key role in plant growth and development. They stimulate stem and root elongation, promote apical dominance, influence tissue differentiation and organ formation, and are involved in phototropism and gravitropism. Auxins move from areas of high concentration to low concentration through active transport processes. An increase in auxin concentration on one side of a plant organ causes asymmetric growth and bending towards lower auxin levels in response to stimuli like light and gravity. Many synthetic auxins are used commercially in horticulture to promote rooting of cuttings, prevent fruit drop, induce parthenocarpy, and for selective weed control.
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Auxins are plant hormones that regulate growth and development. The main auxin is indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) which is synthesized from the amino acid tryptophan through several pathways. IAA is transported from shoot tips to regions of elongation through active transport and influences growth through effects on cell wall plasticity and gene expression. Auxins have many physiological roles including stem elongation, apical dominance, root initiation, fruit development, and growth responses to light.
Plant hormones are naturally occurring organic substances that affect physiological processes. This presentation describes about five major groups of plant hormones, such as auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid and about their biosynthesis, transport, pathways and physiological effects.
Plant hormones are organic compounds produced by plants that regulate various physiological processes. The main classes of plant hormones are auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. Each hormone has distinct functions like cell elongation, fruit development, and stress responses. They act in very low concentrations and often work together through complex interactions to control plant growth and development.
Expains in detail the Plant Growth Hormones, Plant growth promoters and plant growth retardants/inhibitors. The role of Growth hormones in Physiological process of Plants and their application in Plant Tissue culture (Auxins, cytokinins, Gibberellins, ABA, Ethylene)
This document summarizes the major classes of plant hormones, including auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. It describes their roles in processes like cell elongation, fruit ripening, dormancy, and responses to stress. The document also discusses some newer identified plant hormones and their functions, as well as potential medical applications of harnessing plant hormones to target cancer cells.
This document provides an overview of a seminar on plant hormones and growth regulators. It discusses the five major plant hormones: auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, abscisic acid, and ethylene. For each hormone, it describes their classification, discovery, roles in plant growth and development processes like cell division, fruit ripening, dormancy, and responses to environmental stresses. The document aims to inform attendees about the key functions and effects of different plant hormones.
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Plant growth regulators are very important component for enhancing yield, improvement of fruit quality, abiotic stress management, ripening, etc in horticultural crops, which are briefly described in this presentation.
Plant growth regulators include hormones and vitamins that control plant growth and development. The major plant hormones are auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, and abscisic acid. Auxins were the first to be discovered and include natural auxins like IAA as well as synthetic auxins such as IBA and NAA. Their structure requires an aromatic ring and acidic side chain. Auxins promote cell elongation and division, stem elongation, apical dominance, phototropism, and root initiation. They have various agricultural applications such as rooting cuttings and fruit thinning. Gibberellins were discovered due to their role in causing excessive stem growth in diseased rice. Cytokinins
Plant growth regulators (PGRs) were discovered in the late 19th/early 20th century and have been important in horticulture. Auxins were the first recognized phytohormone and indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is the most active auxin. Gibberellins were isolated in the 1930s from fungi and are involved in stem elongation and flowering. Cytokinins were discovered in the 1950s and promote cell division. Over 500 compounds have properties of growth regulators and important classes include abscisic acid, ethylene, brassinosteroids, jasmonates, polyamines, and salicylic acid.
This document is a project write-up on plant growth hormones submitted by Abhinav Baranwal to Dr. Gurminder Kaur. It discusses the five major classes of plant hormones (auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, abscisic acid, and ethylene) and provides details on their discovery, chemical nature, physiological functions, and agricultural uses. The write-up acknowledges those who provided guidance and assistance during the project.
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Key Topics Covered:
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3. PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
(PLANT HORMONES)
Internal and external signals that regulate plant growth are
mediated, at least in part, by plant growth-regulating
substances, or hormones (from the Greek word hormaein,
meaning "to excite").
Plant hormones differ from animal hormones in that:
No evidence that the fundamental actions of plant and
animal hormones are the same.
Unlike animal hormones, plant hormones are not made in
tissues specialized for hormone production. (e.g., sex
hormones made in the gonads, human growth hormone -
pituitary gland)
Unlike animal hormones, plant hormones do not have
definite target areas (e.g., auxins can stimulate
adventitious root development in a cut shoot, or shoot
elongation or apical dominance, or differentiation of
vascular tissue, etc.).
4. PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
substances produced small quantities by a plant, and then
transported elsewhere for use
have capacity to stimulate and/or inhibit physiological
processes and it affects target cell for control growth and
development.
Plant hormones or plant growth regulators:
auxins, cytokinins, gibberellins, ethylene and
abscisic acid
salicylic acid
Brassinosteroids
Polyamines.
5. General plant hormones
Auxins (cell elongation)
Gibberellins (cell elongation + cell division - translated into
growth)
Cytokinins (cell division + inhibits senescence)
Abscisic acid (abscission of leaves and fruits + dormancy
induction of buds and
seeds)
Ethylene (promotes senescence, epinasty, and fruit ripening)
6. EARLY EXPERIMENTS ON PHOTROPISM SHOWED THAT A STIMULUS (LIGHT) RELEASED
CHEMICALS THAT INFLUENCED GROWTH
Results on growth of coleoptiles of canary grass and
oats suggested that the reception of light in the tip of
the shoot stimulated a bending toward light source.
7. Auxin
Auxin increases the plasticity of plant cell walls and is involved in
stem elongation.
Arpad Pa叩l (1919) - Asymmetrical placement of cut tips on
coleoptiles resulted in a bending of the coleoptile away from the side
onto which the tips were placed (response mimicked the response
seen in phototropism).
Frits Went (1926) determined auxin enhanced cell elongation.
9. Auxin
Discovered as substance associated
with phototropic response.
Occurs in very low concentrations.
Isolated from human urine, (40mg 33
gals-1)
In coleoptiles (1g 20,000 tons-1)
Differential response depending on
dose.
11. Auxin
Auxin promotes activity of the vascular
cambium and vascular tissues.
plays key role in fruit development
Cell Elongation: Acid growth hypothesis
auxin works by causing responsive cells
to actively transport hydrogen ions from
the cytoplasm into the cell wall space
15. Auxin
Synthetic auxins
widely used in agriculture and horticulture
prevent leaf abscission
prevent fruit drop
promote flowering and fruiting
control weeds
Agent Orange - 1:1 ratio of 2,4-D and 2,4,5-
T used to defoliate trees in Vietnam War.
Dioxin usually contaminates 2,4,5-T, which is linked to
miscarriages, birth defects,leukemia, and other types of
cancer.
16. Additional responses to auxin
abscission - loss of leaves
flower initiation
sex determination
fruit development
apical dominance
18. Apical Dominance
Lateral branch
growth are inhibited
near the shoot apex,
but less so farther
from the tip.
Apical dominance is
disrupted in some
plants by removing
the shoot tip, causing
the plant to become
bushy.
20. Discovered in association with In 1930's, bakanae
or foolish seedling disease of rice (Gibberella
fujikuroi)
In 1930's, Ewiti Kurosawa and
colleagues were studying plants
suffering from bakanae, or "foolish
seedling" disease in rice.
Disease caused by fungus called,
Gibberella fujikuroi, which was
stimulating cell elongation and
division.
Compound secreted by fungus could
cause bakanae disease in
uninfected plants. Kurosawa named
this compound gibberellin.
Gibberella fujikuroi also causes stalk
rot in corn, sorghum and other
plants.
Secondary metabolites produced by
the fungus include mycotoxins, like
fumonisin, which when ingested by
horses can cause equine
leukoencephalomalacia - necrotic
brain or crazy horse or hole in the
head disease.
Fumonisin is considered to be a
carcinogen.
21. Gibberellins
Gibberellins are named after the
fungus Gibberella fujikuroi which
causes rice plants to grow abnormally
tall.
synthesized in apical portions of stems
and roots
important effects on stem elongation
in some cases, hastens seed germination
22. Effects of Gibberellins
Cell elongation.
GA induces cellular division and cellular elongation; auxin
induces cellular elongation alone.
GA-stimulated elongation does not involve the cell wall
acidification characteristic of auxin-induced elongation
Breaking of dormancy in buds and seeds.
Seed Germination - Especially in cereal grasses, like
barley. Not necessarily as critical in dicot seeds.
Promotion of flowering.
Transport is non-polar, bidirectional producing general
responses.
23. Gibberellins and Fruit Size
Fruit Formation - "Thompson Seedless"
grapes grown in California are treated with
GA to increase size and decrease packing.
24. Wild Radish Rosette & Bolt
YEAR ONE YEAR ONE
A FLOWERING ANNUAL
25. Common Mullen Rosette & Bolt
YEAR ONE
YEAR TWO
A FLOWERING BIENNIAL
28. Discovery of cytokinins
Gottlieb Haberlandt in 1913 reported an unknown compound that stimulated cellular
division.
In the 1940s, Johannes van Overbeek, noted that plant embryos grew faster when they
were supplied with coconut milk (liquid endosperm), which is rich in nucleic acids.
In the 1950s, Folke Skoog and Carlos Miller studying the influence of auxin on the growth
of tobacco in tissue culture. When auxin was added to artificial medium, the cells
enlarged but did not divide. Miller took herring-sperm DNA. Miller knew of Overbeek's
work, and decided to add this to the culture medium, the tobacco cells started dividing.
He repeated this experiment with fresh herring-sperm DNA, but the results were not
repeated. Only old DNA seemed to work. Miller later discovered that adding the purine
base of DNA (adenine) would cause the cells to divide.
Adenine or adenine-like compounds induce cell division in plant tissue culture. Miller,
Skoog and their coworkers isolated the growth facto responsible for cellular division from
a DNA preparation calling it kinetin which belongs to a class of compounds called
cytokinins.
In 1964, the first naturally occurring cytokinin was isolated from corn called zeatin. Zeatin
and zeatin riboside are found in coconut milk. All cytokinins (artificial or natural) are
chemically similar to adenine.
Cytokinins move nonpolarly in xylem, phloem, and parenchyma cells.
Cytokinins are found in angiosperms, gymnosperms, mosses, and ferns. In angiosperms,
cytokinins are produced in the roots, seeds, fruits, and young leaves
29. Function of cytokinins
Promotes cell division.
Morphogenesis.
Lateral bud development.
Delay of senescence.
30. Cytokinins
Cytokinins, in combination with auxin,
stimulate cell division and
differentiation.
most cytokinin produced in root apical
meristems and transported throughout
plant
inhibit formation of lateral roots
auxins promote their formation
32. Interaction of cytokinin and auxin in tobacco callus
(undifferentiated plant cells) tissue
Organogenesis: Cytokinins and auxin affect organogenesis
High cytokinin/auxin ratios favor the formation of shoots
Low cytokinin/auxin ratios favor the formation of roots.
33. Abscisic acid
In 1940s, scientists started searching for hormones that would inhibit growth
and development, what Hemberg called dormins.
In the early 1960s, Philip Wareing confirmed that application of a dormin to
a bud would induce dormancy.
F.T. Addicott discovered that this substance stimulated abscission of cotton
fruit. he named this substance abscisin. (Subsequent research showed that
ethylene and not abscisin controls abscission).
Abscisin is made from carotenoids and moves nonpolarly through plant
tissue.
34. Functions of abscisic acid
General growth inhibitor.
Causes stomatal closure.
Produced in response to stress.
35. Abscisic Acid
Abscisic acid is produced chiefly in
mature green leaves and in fruits.
suppresses bud growth and promotes
leaf senescence
also plays important role in controlling
stomatal opening and closing
36. Discovery of ethylene
In the 1800s, it was recognized that street lights that
burned gas, could cause neighboring plants to
develop short, thick stems and cause the leaves to
fall off. In 1901, Dimitry Neljubow identified that a
byproduct of gas combustion was ethylene gas and
that this gas could affect plant growth.
In R. Gane showed that this same gas was naturally
produced by plants and that it caused faster ripening
of many fruits.
Synthesis of ethylene is inhibited by carbon dioxide
and requires oxygen.
38. Functions of ethylene
Gaseous in form and rapidly diffusing.
Gas produced by one plant will affect nearby plants.
Fruit ripening.
Epinasty downward curvature of leaves.
Encourages senescence and abscission.
Initiation of stem elongation and bud development.
Flowering - Ethylene inhibits flowering in most
species, but promotes it in a few plants such as
pineapple, bromeliads, and mango.
Sex Expression - Cucumber buds treated with ethylene become carpellate
(female) flowers, whereas those treated with gibberellins become staminate
(male) flowers.
39. HOW PLANTS RESPOND TO
ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI
Tropisms - plant growth toward or
away from a stimulus such as light
or gravity.
Nastic Movements - response to
environmental stimuli that are
independent of the direction of the
stimulus. Pre-determined response.
43. Phototropisms
Phototropic responses involve bending
of growing stems toward light sources.
Individual leaves may also display
phototrophic responses.
auxin most likely involved
44. Plants Respond to Gravity
Gravitropism is the response of a
plant to the earths gravitational field.
present at germination
auxins play primary role
Four steps
gravity perceived by cell
signal formed that perceives gravity
signal transduced intra- and intercellularly
differential cell elongation
45. Gravitropism
Increased auxin concentration on the lower side in
stems causes those cells to grow more than cells
on the upper side.
stem bends up against the force of gravity
negative gravitropism
Upper side of roots oriented horizontally grow
more rapidly than the lower side
roots ultimately grow downward
positive gravitropism
52. Plants Response to Light
Photomorphogenesis
nondirectional, light-mediated changes in plant growth and development
red light changes the shape of phytochrome and can trigger
photomorphogenesis
Stems go from etiolated (in dark or Pfr) to unetiolated (in light with
Pr).
Photoperiodism
Regulates when seeds of lettue and some weeds. Presence of Pr
inhibits germination, while its conversion to Pfr in red light induces
germination
Red light ===> germination
Far-red light ===> no germination
Red ===> far-red ===> red ===> germination
Red ===> far-red ===> red ===> far-red ===> no germination
Those seeds not buried deep in the ground get exposed to red light, and
this signals germination.
Regulates when plants flower; either in the Spring or later in the Summer
and Fall.
54. NYCTINASTY
sleep movements
prayer plant - lower
leaves during the
day and raises
leaves at night
shamrock (Oxalis)
legumes
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55. Circadian Clocks
Circadian clocks are endogenous
timekeepers that keep plant
responses synchronized with the
environment.
circadian rhythm characteristics
must continue to run in absence of external inputs
must be about 24 hours in duration
can be reset or entrained (to determine or modify the
phase or period of <circadian rhythms entrained by a
light cycle>)
can compensate for temperature differences