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OLIGOCHITOSAN AS PLANT ELICITOR AND GROWTH PROMOTER

Oligochitosanalso known as radiation-processed chitosan (RPC) effective as plant growth promoter (PGP) and plant elicitor (PE) which prepared via gamma radiation. RPC improves seed germination (>90%), increases yield (>25%), enhances plant defense response system, increases yields of rice, agarwood and some agricultural crops and accelerates the propagation of banana and pineapple tissue cultures.