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Used in promoting plant growth
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gibberellin
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Gibberellins (GAs) are plant hormones that regulate growth and influence various developmental processes , including stem elongation, germination , dormancy , flowering , sex expression , enzyme induction , and leaf and fruit senescence . Gibberellin was ...
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n. a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth
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gibberellin \gibberellin\ n. (Chem.), Any of a number plant growth hormones, the first of which was isolated in 1938 from the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi ; more than 60 related gibberelins are known. The most important is gibberellin A3 , also called gibberellic ...
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n. (context hormone English) Any of a class of diterpene plant growth hormones first isolated from the fungus ''Gibberella fujikuroi''.
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The particular fungus at fault belongs to the genus Gibherella, so the compound was named gibberellin (jib'ur-el'in).
The structure of the gibberellins (for there are a number of closely related varieties), worked out in 1956, is quite complicated, the molecule being made up of five rings of atoms.
Natural plant growth substances such as auxins, cytokinins, and gibberellins are certainly responsible for the control of root initiation and the rate of root for- mation.