SALICYLIC ACID Plant Growth and Development

Phytohormones are known to  direct plant growth, in a coordinated fashion in association with the metabolism that supplies energy and the building blocks to generate the form that is recognized as a plant. Out of the chemicals recognized as hormones,

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Salicylic Acid Plant Growth and Development

Salicylic Acid

Shamsul Hayat Aqil Ahmad Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni •

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Salicylic Acid Plant Growth and Development

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Editors Shamsul Hayat Department of Botany Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh India

Aqil Ahmad Department of Botany Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh India

and Department of Botany and Microbiology College of Science King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia

ISBN 978-94-007-6427-9 DOI 10.1007/978-94-007-6428-6

Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni Department of Botany and Microbiology College of Science King Saud University Riyadh Saudi Arabia

ISBN 978-94-007-6428-6

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Preface

The healthy plant canopy that we recognise is the result of integrated metabolic functions administered by a number of factors, including hormones, of which six (Auxins, Gibberellins, Cytokinins, Abscissic acid, Ethylene and Brassinosteroids) are well recognised for their regulatory functions. However, the others (Salicylic acid, Polyamines and Jasmonates) can not be excluded fr