i thought that tricanolol was a seed sprout tea thing - though never quite understood the barley, mung bean , or corn seed sprout thing ???????
This is what's I've found on the subject; and think is generally true. We don't have a whole lot of study of it's mechanism of action. TBH; I think it works by enhancing multiple mechanisms/pathways.
1-Triacontanol (
n-triacontanol) is a
fatty alcohol of the general formula C30H62O, also known as
melissyl alcohol or
myricyl alcohol. It is found in plant (alfalfa)
cuticle waxes and in
beeswax.
Triacontanol is a
growth stimulant for many plants, most notably cannabis, in which it rapidly increases the number of basal breaks; it's a natural plant growth regulator. It's been widely used to enhance the yield of various crops around the world, mainly in Asia.
Triacontanol increases the growth of plants by enhancing the rates of
photosynthesis,
protein biosynthesis, the transport of nutrients in a plant and
enzyme activity, reducing complex
carbohydrates among many other purposes. The
fatty alcohol appears to increase the physiological efficiency of plant cells and boost the potential of the cells responsible for the growth and maturity of a plant.
Triacontanol improves the rate of cell division in a plant that produces larger roots and shoots. It has been shown that if
triacontanol is applied during the maximized growth period of a plant in a appropriate amount, it enhances the enzymatic activity in the roots and
hormone functionality increasing the overall performance of the plant.
[9] Triacontanol basically operates by enhancing the basic functionality of the plant like increasing the rate of photosynthesis and producing more
sugar or
glucose. When the photosynthesis is operating finely in a plant, the plant make more sugars and absorb more
sunlight. The plant then send more sugars to the rhizosphere via the root system where the growth, respiration and nutrient exchange take place in the vicinity of the soil. Availability of more sugars lead to more respiration and nutrient exchange between the plants and the microorganisms in the soil. when the microbes receive more sugars from the plant, it increases the microbial activity in the root zone and they perform more efficiently in mining the
nutrients like in the case of
nitrogen fixation. These microorganisms particularly trace the nutrients essential for the soil. These nutrients are further used by the plants to build more complex nutrients and compounds essential for its rapid growth and defence from certain other microbes. These complex compounds maximize the yield of the crop.
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