THE PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS: ADVANCES, THEIR APPLICATIONS AND POTENTIAL USES IN AGRICULTURE - A REVIEWShivani B. Gujar, Aparna G. Pathade and Girish R. PathadeAbstract Plant growth regulators (PGRs) or plant hormones are the chemical species that profoundly influence the growth and differentiation of various parts of plant. PGRs called biostimulats or bioinhibitors, act inside plant cells to stimulate or inhibit specific enzymes or enzymes systems and help regulate plant metabolism. To study on this review is the brief introduction and applications of various plant growth regulators including auxins, gibberellins, cytokinins, ethylene, abscisic acid, brassinosteroids and jasmonates, triacontanol, triazoles and polyamines. Several novel plant growth regulators discovered in the recent past includes compounds like Melatonin, Serotonin, Strigolactone, Harzianolide and Karrikins. This review presents a Recent Advances in Use of Plant Growth Regulators (PGRs), the Plant growth regulators (PGRs) and their applications and Novel Plant Growth Regulators and their Potential Uses in Agriculture. |