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Growth regulators are usually hormones regulating substances synthesized in one part of the plant and translocated to another part where they exert their effects. The first plant hormone identified was an auxin. The formation of nodules on legumes is associated with auxin-forming Rhizobium (Thimann, 1936). Extractable auxin levels per gram fresh weight of nodules were 40–60 times than the level in roots. Kinetin is a synthetic cytokinin which does not occur naturally in plants. Due to its property of actively promoting cell division (in conjunction with auxin) it was given the name of kinetin.
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Fatima, Z., Bano, A., Aslam, M. (1998). Effect of plant growth regulators and Rhizobium inoculum on N2-fixation and yield of chickpea. In: Malik, K.A., Mirza, M.S., Ladha, J.K. (eds) Nitrogen Fixation with Non-Legumes. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 79. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5232-7_13
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