Cinnamic acid in the plant growth regulator application
In promoting plant growth, the fertilizer is necessary. However, some of the
shortcomings of fertilizer and unreasonable application caused the negative impact
and became evident increasingly. From the 1930s, the study of plant growth regulators
and the gradual application already started, and its potential social and economic
benefits are very large, very rapid development, To the 1960s, had formed a plant
growth regulator industry.
With the chemical technology and biotechnology, plant growth regulators play an
increasingly important position to improve agricultural production, improve product
quality, reduce labor intensity and improve labor productivity. As people's predictions:
The 21st century is the century of biological engineering, biological engineering
changes will be turn-based engineering and chemical control technology changes.
Plant growth regulators is the regulation of seed germination, root, grow and
blossom, strong, aging, loss, sleep and other growth substances, contain only small
amounts in plants, but it plays an important physiological role in plants, all life is
inseparable from their participation in activities. Plants generally will be used to
produce its own endogenous regulatory substances called plant hormones, exogenous
applied to the artificial plant called plant growth regulator.
In a study of plant growth promoting, scientists take 0.08 g of acid-soluble
cinnamon in 10ml of ethanol, distilled water stand configured to 80mg/kg of mother
liquor, Selected green beans, cucumbers, corn, spinach and other seeds, experiment in
the artificial climate box for cinnamic acid on seed germination promotion . The
results show that Cinnamic acid in high concentrations plays a significant role in
promoting the water spinach seeds to germinate and grow. The concentrations of
cinnamic acid in the other seeds are also having growth-promoting effects.
After further research, scientists found surprisely that cinnamic acid with plant
growth regulatory role dramatically than many expected. It can significantly
contribute to plant stems, leaf growth, especially for genetic and physiological-type
dwarf-type plants have significant role in promoting; it can replace the light and low
temperature conditions for the needing of some feeds germination, so that to promote
germination, it can make long-day plants flower under short day conditions, reduce
life cycle.