Biology GCSE
Auxin uses
What Auxin uses means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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These depend on auxin promoting or disrupting normal growth and development, as a weed killer, as a rooting powder and in tissue culture.
Topics that use Auxin uses
- Use of plant hormones (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Food industry applications
- Rooting powder
- Rooting powders
- Selective weed killers
- Storage and transport
- Tissue culture
- Agriculture
- Control of ripening
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