In vitro Response of Bougainvillea Explants and their Antioxidant Enzymatic Activities Treated with Naphthyl Acetic Acid-Based Synthetic Plant Growth Promoters

Abstract

Better plant growth of crop plants has been a major concern of mankind since antiquity. Indole acetic acid is one of the natural plant growth regulators studied in plant sciences for a long time, followed by cytokinins, ethylene, gibberellic acid, and others that were discovered later. Indole acetic acid is responsible for promoting root growth while cytokinins like zeatin are considered specialized for shoot growth [1]. Later on, the attention of scientists was diverted toward commercial production of