Production of plant growth inhibitors from xanthophylls: a possible source of dormin
Production of plant growth inhibitors from xanthophylls: a possible source of dormin
- Nature, 215(5109), p.1513-1514, 1967 .
THE plant growth inhibitor, dormin, shows similarities in structure to certain carotenoids and, because there is evidence that light stimulates the production of inhibitor ß (refs, 1 and 2), the principal activity of which is probably caused by dormin3,4, we have studied the possible formation of inhibitory substances by illumination of these pigments.
THE plant growth inhibitor, dormin, shows similarities in structure to certain carotenoids and, because there is evidence that light stimulates the production of inhibitor ß (refs, 1 and 2), the principal activity of which is probably caused by dormin3,4, we have studied the possible formation of inhibitory substances by illumination of these pigments.