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It also promotes fruit growth, elongation of shoots and in breaking the
dormancy in seeds and buds.
Cytokinins
This hormone promotes cells division in plants and breaks dormancy in seeds
and buds.
They also delay ageing in leaves and promotes the opening of stomata.
Abscisic acid
This hormone inhibits the growth of a plant.
Therefore abscisic acid promotes dormancy in seeds and buds.
It promotes closing of stomata, wilting and falling of leave and detachment of
fruit and flower from the plant.