New products, uses provide plant growth regulator alternatives

摘要

AS NEW PLANT GROWTH regulator products come to market, product labels are updated and new or refined methods of applications are introduced, this is a good time to review some of the recent changes. s-ABA. Abscisic acid is a naturally occurring hormone in plants that signals the leaf stomata to close (stomata are leaf openings where gases and water exchange with the atmosphere). s-ABA (abscisic acid [VBC-30074]), is a new product from Valent BioSciences Corp. that has a three-year experimental-use label to evaluate its enhancement of crop shelflife under commercial conditions. Commercial registration of s-ABA is expected by late 2009 or early 2010.