2.8.7. Endogenous Hormones (IAA, SA, and ABA) Contents

Plant hormones are natural organic compounds that affect growth and metabolism, affecting all external manifestations and chemical reactions. These act as chemical signals to activate or inhibit plant growth. As mentioned in [47], the Indole acetic acid (IAA), Salicylic acid (SA), and Abscisic acid (ABA) contents were measured in the terminal buds of both treated and control plants.

### *2.9. Statistical Analysis*

Analyses were conducted using one-way variance (ANOVA). The statistically significant differences between treatments with a *p*-value of 0.05 or lower, the LSD test was used with CoStat (CoHort, Monterey, CA, USA) [48].
