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Plant growth regulators: What agronomists need to know
Author(s) -
Strydhorst Sheri,
Hall Linda,
Perrott Laurel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
crops and soils
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2325-3606
pISSN - 0162-5098
DOI - 10.2134/cs2018.51.0608
Subject(s) - yield (engineering) , agronomy , production (economics) , plant growth , constraint (computer aided design) , grain yield , crop production , plant production , work (physics) , crop , agricultural engineering , reading (process) , agroforestry , biology , business , agriculture , mathematics , political science , economics , engineering , ecology , mechanical engineering , materials science , geometry , law , metallurgy , macroeconomics
In western Canadian cereal crops, lodging is still a major production constraint in high‐yield environments, and growers are looking for agronomic solutions. Plant growth regulators are synthetic compounds can work to produce shorter stems, reduce lodging, and maintain grain yield. Earn 1 CEU in Crop Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at www.certifiedcropadviser.org/education/classroom/classes/613 .