The natural auxin indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) is a key regulator of many aspects of plant growth and development. Synthetic auxin herbicides such as 2,4-Dmimic the effects of IAA by inducing strong ...

A new synthetic hormone promises to tease apart the many different roles of the plant hormone auxin and could lead to a new way to ripen fruit. A lab-designed hormone may unlock mysteries harbored by ...

Synthetic auxin herbicides have long been utilized for the selective control of broadleaf weeds in a variety of crop and noncrop environments. Recently, two agrochemical companies have begun to ...

WESTMINSTER, Colorado - September 14, 2020 - Synthetic auxin products have given growers an important option for managing weed populations resistant to glyphosate and other herbicides. But according ...

In a new study, scientists take advantage of wheat's flexible genetic makeup to identify chromosomal regions that help detoxify synthetic auxin herbicides. Genetically speaking, the loaf of bread you ...

Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT ...

Auxins are a family of small-molecule hormones that control growth and development processes in plants. They are also components of widely used herbicides. In a drive to extend the agricultural and ...

HANNIBAL, MO. -- University of Missouri Extension scientist Kevin Bradley and MU researcher Mandy Bish will host a training session on synthetic auxin herbicides from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 12 at ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers from the Disruptive & Sustainable Technologies for Agricultural Precision (DiSTAP) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) of Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and ...

Scientists at the University of Washington (UW) say they have engineered yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) that can “talk” to one another, using the plant hormone auxin. In a paper (“Cell-cell ...