Plants produce gibberellic acid to encourage cells to size and elongate:
• GA occurs inside the cell and increases the sink of the cell to attract photosynthate (food, sugar) movement into the cell. Food is needed for energy and cell-building material to produce cell expansion (enlargement).
• Gibberellic acid is normally stored in the nodes where it increases cell sizing and the reproductive viability of the buds that occur from the nodes. This is why reproductive buds tend to form at nodes.
• If gibberellic acid moves out of the nodes, the nodes become less productive, the seed or fruit at the nodes fail to set and may abort. In the absence of gibberellic acid, flowers, small fruit, or storage tissue may be aborted.
• GA helps to break seed dormancy.
• Gibberellic acid works opposite to ethylene and ABA. GA reduces the process of ripening and tends to keep plant tissue more youthful and vigorous.
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Use as a seed treatment, in-furrow, or foliar to manage hormone levels throughout the full growing season. For more information click here.