White Crystalline Powder Indole-3-butyric Acid IBA 99% IBA Rooting Hormone Plant Growth Hormone
Indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) is a plant hormone in the auxin family and is an ingredient in many commercial horticultural plant rooting products.Product Description
Specifications
Test Items | Specification | Test Results |
Appearance | White powder | White powder |
Assay | ≥98.0% | 98.7% |
Loss on drying | ≤1.0% | 0.22% |
Melting point | 122~126°C | 122~126°C |
Residue on ignition | ≤0.1% | <0.05% |
Conclusion | Up to grade |
Indole butyric acid, pure white crystalline solid, white to light yellow crystal of the original drug. Soluble in acetone, ether and ethanol and other organic solvents, difficult to dissolve in water.
Mainly used for cuttings rooting, can induce the formation of root protoplasm, promote cell differentiation and division, facilitate the generation of new roots and the differentiation of vascular bundle system, and promote the formation of adventitious roots of cuttings.
Widely used for cutting and rooting trees and flowers: apple, peach, pear, orange, grape, kiwi, strawberry, poinsettia, carnations, chrysanthemum, rose, magnolia, cuckoo, tea, metasequoia, poplar, etc
Benefits
Stimulate rooting for herbaceous and woody ornamentals;
Make some transplanted crops root early and root more;
Promote root elongation, growth and lignification for flowers ( for example: jasmine, begonia, camellia, etc);
Promote fruit set for vegetables and fruit plants by soaking the branches ( for example: tomato, cucumber, fig, strawberry, raspberry, etc);
It would get better effect when used together with other rooting reagent.