Vol. 7, Issue 3 (2018)

Author(s):
Subham Ghosh and Shuvadeep Halder

Abstract:
Gibberellin is a group of plant hormones that occur in seeds, young leaves, and roots. The name is derived from Gibberella fujikuroi, a hormone-producing fungus. Evidence suggests that gibberellins stimulate the growth of main stems, especially when applied to the whole plant. It has a great effect in seed germination, breaking dormancy, seedling growth, flowering, delay flowering, fruit development and fruit quality improvement etc. in many fruit crops and specially temperate fruit crops i.e apple, pear, peach, cherry, apricot etc.