The Daily Advertiser ... week to extend the period of bloom. To treat, select a well-developed flower bud. Remove the pointed growth bud adjacent to the bud to be treated. A small cup will be left where the growth bud was removed. Fill cup with one drop of gibberellic acid ... and more »
Western Farm Press He treated his vines during bloom with gibberellic acid to thin bunches. However, he surmises, the wide variation in the stage of bloom among the clusters, made it difficult to time the spray application to be most effective in thinning to reduce berry ...
Chromotography Online The first phytohormone, auxin, was discovered in 1926, and since then an increasing number of naturally-occurring or synthetic molecules with plant-growth regulation activities have been reported, including abscisic acid (ABA); salicylic acid (SA ...
The Spokesman Review Sherman's client, a timber company, wants him to inject its trees with gibberellic acid to stimulate cone production. The goal is seeds that will grow into new forests more resistant to insects and disease. Here's the tricky part: If Sherman injects ...
Lawn & Landscape It's a plant growth regulator that suppresses the production of gibberellic acid , which reduces elongation of plant cells. “It's a unique product because it doesn't target a pest, such as a fungus or a weed or insect,” Mosdell says. “It targets the ...
Southeast Farm Press Mepiquat-containing PGRs reduce the production of plant hormones called gibberellins or gibberellic acid . Gibberellins are natural plant hormones that are involved in cell expansion. When mepiquat is applied, the internodes near the terminal of the ...
Western Farm Press “The vines are clean and look very healthy. The bunch count is good, and there are good shoulders on the bunches. After treating the vineyard with gibberellic acid at bloom, the berries are sizing up nicely. Right now, the crop size looks to be above ...
Targeted News Service (subscription) The new variety is commercially suitable for six and eight inch pot production and responds to Gibberellic acid treatment by flowering in 9 weeks after treatment. The new variety is a Spathiphyllum, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant ... and more »
Western Farm Press By contrast, their 2012 tonnage was one of their lightest crops in recent memory. Shatter this season occurred in their vineyards in mid-May. “We like to do a little thinning and sizing of the grapes with gibberellic acid added to a fungicide spray at ...
Michigan State University Extension Growers are also trying to put on gibberellic acid applications in tart cherries, but again, most are waiting for a window of a few days of warm conditions. We have accumulated 773 GDD base 42 and 441 GDD base 50. We have not had any substantial ... and more »