RIKEN Elucidates Inactivation Mechanism of Gibberellin, Plant Growth-...

JCNN News Summaries - Japan Corporate News Network;  February 1, 2006 ;     145 words ......mechanism of gibberellin, a kind of hormone that promotes plant growth, in collaboration with Shanghai Institutes for Biological...these findings will contribute to the development of plant growth regulating technologies using growth- promoting hormones. Details of this discovery ...

Enhanced soybean plant growth resulting from coinoculation of Bacillus...

Crop Science;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......coinoculation of rhizobia with some plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) is a way to...Rhizobacteria can promote plant growth directly or indirectly. Indirect...spore-forming ability, plant growth promoting Bacillus strains are readily...

A Tool for Every Toolbox: Plant Growth Regulators.

SportsTURF;  April 1, 2000 ;     301 words ...Plant growth regulators are not the magic elixir...arsenal, the costs, benefits and goals of plant growth regulator application need to be carefully...that you may want to consider: * Mix plant growth regulators with field marking paint...

Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Is a Plant Growth Promotion Factor Produced by...

Plant Physiology;  February 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Pseudomonas fluorescens B16 is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium. To determine...mechanism are referred to as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). PGPR...and Chet, 1992). Direct plant growth-promoting factors include various...

Plant growth-promoting effects of diazotrophs in the rhizosphere

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Fixation (BNF) to plant growth in most cases...effects on plant growth directly or...can affect plant growth directly by...effects on plant growth. Beneficial...that stimulate plant growth are usually referred to as Plant-- ...

Too much carbon dioxide might hurt plant growth

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  December 8, 2002 ;     520 words ......carbon dioxide may not be the boon to plant growth once assumed, Stanford University scientists...global warming, CO2 would actually retard plant growth. "Perhaps we won't get as much help...fossil fuel emissions because increased plant growth will effectively pull elevated carbon...

EFFECTS OF VERMICOMPOST TEAS ON PLANT GROWTH AND DISEASE

BioCycle;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Beneficial response may be due to plant growth regulators or hormones produced by the...the evidence on their effectiveness in plant growth enhancement or disease suppression is...possible mechanisms by which they promote plant growth or suppress plant diseases. PRODUCTION...

Study shows carbon dioxide retards plant growth

Xinhua News Agency;  December 6, 2002 ;     235 words ...Study shows carbon dioxide retards plant growth LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Elevated...atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) can reduce plant growth when combined with other likely consequences...elevated carbon dioxide only stimulated plant growth when nitrogen, water and temperatures...

Bug juice: a nutritious plant food? (proteins taken from grasshoppers'...

Science News;  June 17, 1995 ;     260 words ......protein from grasshoppers that boosts plant growth in the laboratory, they report. Because...contain chemicals that help regulate plant growth, says Melvin I. Dyer of the University...proteins, along with auxin, a major plant growth hormone. After 24 hours, one of the...

Indiana U. professor finds key to plant growth

University Wire;  June 2, 2005 ;     679 words ......surrounds the biological process of plant growth. Indiana University researchers Mark...years. Charles Darwin began research on plant growth in 1880 by writing a book entitled...identified as an important component of plant growth and is known to be responsible for several...

Responses of Common Pot Grown Flower Species To Commercial Plant Growth...

Compost Science & Utilization;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......was a significant increase in early plant growth rate and in the final flower numbers...vermicompost. We conclude that the plant growth enhancement properties of this vermicompost...have regularly been shown to increase plant growth rates in greenhouse and field trials...

Relating compost measures of stability and maturity to plant growth

Compost Science & Utilization;  April 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......defined as material suitability for plant growth and has often been associated with...mature into compost suitable for plant growth. They also assume that the capacity of the material to support plant growth is related to the duration of composting...

Promotion of Plant Growth by Bacterial ACC Deaminase

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences;  September 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......limited commercial use of plant growth-promoting bacteria in agriculture...plant growth, the use of plant growth-promoting bacteria is expected to...key mechanisms employed by plant growth-promoting bacteria to facilitate plant...

Scientists discover mystery of plant growth.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 26, 2005 ;     700+ words ......speculated about the existence of a plant growth hormone in his 1880 book The Power of...figure out how exactly it triggered plant growth. Estelle has been trying to solve that...new understanding of the machinery of plant growth, auxin remains a big mystery because...

Hormone regulates plant growth

USA Today;  June 1, 2003 ;     335 words ......could allow scientists to manipulate plant growth in desirable ways. The auxin study was...represser proteins. Auxin is required for plant growth, stimulating cell division and cell...auxin works may allow us to manipulate plant growth in desirable ways." he adds, "We would...