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Plant Growth and Development
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Which is most widely used hormone in agriculture and why?

Answer

Ethylene is one of the most widely used PGR in agriculture. Since ethylene regulates many physiological processes like flowering, fruit ripening, initiating germination, synchronisinng fruit-set, rapid intenode/petiole elongation, breaking seed/bud dormancy etc. it is used in agriculture.

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