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Plant growth retardants as tools in physiological research
Author(s) -
Grossmann Klaus
Publication year - 1990
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.1399-3054.1990.tb05254.x
Subject(s) - monooxygenase , plant growth , imidazole , biology , senescence , biochemistry , cytochrome , terpenoid , botany , chemistry , metabolism , cytochrome p450 , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme
Besides being applied in agriculture and horticulture, the new types of plant growth retardants from norbornanodiazetine, triazole, pyrimidine, 4‐pyridine and imidazole structure are increasingly used in physiological research. As inhibitors of special cytochrome P ‐450 dependent monooxygenases they allow valuable insights in the regulation of terpenoid metabolism concerning phytohormones and sterols, thus showing relations to cell division, cell elongation and senescence.