Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Its chemical formula is C19H22O6. When purified, it is a white to pale-yellow solid. Gibberellic acid is a simple gibberellin, a pentacyclic diterpene acid promoting growth and elongation of cells. It affects decomposition of plants and helps plants grow if us...
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(from the article `beer`) Activated by water and oxygen, the root embryo of the barleycorn secretes a plant hormone called gibberellic acid, which initiates the synthesis of ...
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A growth stimulating and dormancy breaking plant hormone.
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<plant biology> Diterpenoid compounds with gibberellin activity in plants. at least 70 related gibberellic acids have been described and designated as a series GA1, GA2 etc. ... (17 Dec 1997) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: jib′ĕr-el-ik as′id Definitions: 1. An auxin, a plant hormone that stimulates growth; most prominent of the plant-growth-promoting metabolites of Gibberella fujikuroi. Used as a plant growth regulator and promoter, especially the growth of seedlings and also as a food additive in the malting of barley. &n.....
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n] - a crystalline acid associated with gibberellin
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Is an additive often used in malting to assist the penetration of water into the grain.
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a gibberellin CHOCOOH, produced as a metabolite by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, used as a stimulator of plant growth.
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