Plant Metabolites for the Research of Plant Growth Regulators
Plant growth regulators are inspired by a class of plant metabolites called plant hormones. They can be extracted from plants or chemically synthesized. Most plant growth processes can be affected by plant growth regulators, such as flowering, fruit formation, ripening, fruit drop, and defoliation. Plant growth regulators are widely used in agriculture and horticulture to obtain specific advantages, such as decreasing susceptibility to biotic and abiotic stresses, improving morphological structure, increasing crop yield, and modifying plant constituent[1]. Applications Plant hormones are a class of plant metabolites , playing an unparalleled role in the agricultural field as plant growth regulators. Currently, a variety of plant growth regulators are synthesized based on the property of plant hormones. To a certain extent, farmers can control crop growth through plant growth regulators, which provides a breakthrough to solve the problem of world food shortages. The following are severa...