Sentences with phrase «as plant growth regulators»

It is the idea of applying the old compounds to the new use as plant growth regulators; the character of the adjuvants follows inevitably once their usefulness for that purpose has been discovered.

Gentry said this may have been due to strobilurin's properties as a plant growth regulator, which kept leaves greener later in the season, and also that it may have accounted for a reduction in kernel abortion during the moderate drought.

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The authors of a recent study say that not only do pre - and post-production practices such as time of harvest, use of plant growth regulators, and storage temperature / atmosphere affect tomato aroma, common kitchen practices such as refrigeration and blanching are also detrimental.