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Abstract I NTRODUC’1’ ION Greenhouse plants, mainly the production of foliage plants bas grown steadily oll over the world. The great demand for foliage plants for ornamentation and decoration purposes 1n homes, ai:Jartmcnts, hotels business offices, shopping malls, airports, hospitols and other buildings continues to increase rapidly. Growth and development plant, lTI g-:oncral are controlled by many factors of which the importance of nutrition and hormones. tvlany of plant invest iga - tions are mainly co:~cerned with them. Only a l iini tcti amount of J_ iterature could be obtained concerning the grechouse p.._ants as well as foliar I-crt.ilizatrion and growth rcgulZ~tors are reviewed up till now. ’l’wo popular foliage plants were chosen for this work; l. c. croton plants Codiaeum varieg_atllJit pictuw cv. Norma. Euphorbiact il’’• It lS l’’- t’ryrccn sburbs natives to Mala)iO And lO:olands, leaves alternat-e 1.11 i ck, . glabrou.s, v;ith ~’lightl1 miJkly julce, ovate tc lint-_’al and marked with vaJ-lOUS coloors. V.’;llcn :JC_’lung to I’air |