ABSTRACT
Plant growth and developmental processes, such as germination, stem elongation, leaf growth and development, flowering, fruit set, and fruit growth and ripening, are controlled by plant growth regulators (PGRs), commonly but incorrectly called “plant hormones.” For general review of these processes, see recent plant biology textbooks (Mauseth, 1991; Raven et al., 1992; Salisbury and Ross, 1992; Taiz and Zeiger, 2002); more focused reviews of PGRs are contained in Davies (1995) and Arteca (1996). The interesting stories of PGR discovery are covered in these textbooks and here in Chapter 2.
