Major plant Hormones and their roles

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 Roles of some plant hormones
Hormone
Role
Auxins
  • preclusion of abscission
  • enhance or improve the fruit development
  • vascular tissue differentiation
  • control the cellular elongation
  • involved in apical dominance and various tropisms
  • stimulate of ethylene release 
Cytokinins
  • affect cell division
  • delay senescence
  • activate dormant buds
Gibberellins
  • Initiate mobilization of storage materials in seeds during germination
  • stem elongation
  • stimulate bolting in biennials
  • stimulate pollen tube growth
Abscisic Acid
(ABA)  
  • maintains dormancy in seeds and buds
  • stimulates the closing of stomata
Ethylene
  • ripening of climacteric fruits
  • promotion of the abscission
  • aerenchyma tissue (in submerged stems) formation 
  • determines sex in cucurbits
Jasmonates
  • response to environmental stresses
  • control seed germination
Brassinolides
  • promote elongation and cell division
  • stimulate flowering 
  • affect tropic curvature
Salicylic Acid (SA)
  • activates genes involved with plant's defense mechanisms

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