The plants or their organs like all other living organisms have a certain span of life during which they develop, grow, attain maturity and after some time at the end die. But prior to death, distinctive but natural deteriorative processes occur in them in growth and synthetic activities. These deteriorative processes that naturally terminate their functional life are collecÂtively called [...]
The below mentioned article provides a short note on the synthetic auxins in plant. After the isolation and characterisation of Indole Acetic Acid as the natural auxin a numÂber of other chemical compounds have been synthesized which also exhibit auxin activity. They are called as synthetic auxins. Some of the commonly known synthetic auxins are for example, Indole-3-propionic acid, Indole-3-pyruvic [...]
Let us make an in-depth study of: 1. Bioassay for Auxins 2. Bioassay for Gibberellins and 3. Bioassay for Kinetin (or Cytokinins). Quantitative estimation of a known or suspected biologically active substance (such as a hormone or drug) by measuring its effect on a living organism in standard conditions is known as bioassay. Bioassay for Auxins: Several, bioassays have been [...]