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Effect of Menadiol Disulfate on the Phylloquinone Content of Wheat ( Triticum aestivum )
Author(s) -
JANSSON OWE
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
physiologia plantarum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.351
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1399-3054
pISSN - 0031-9317
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-3054.1972.tb03543.x
Subject(s) - shoot , chemistry , biosynthesis , poaceae , botany , biochemistry , biology , enzyme
Seedlings of Triticum aestivum L. were sprayed with menadiol disulfate in water solution. Eight days after spraying, the content of phylloquinone in the shoots was more than twice as high as in shoots of untreated control plants. The application of menadiol disulfate caused a stimulation of the synthesis of phylloquinone. It is possible that menadiol is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of phylloquinone.