Nadar, H.M. and Clegg, M.D. and Maranville, J.W. (1975) Promotion of sorghum callus growth by the s-Triazine herbicides. Plant Physiology, 56 (6). pp. 747-751.
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Growth-promoting action of simazine and other s-triazine herbicides was detected by the use of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor [L]. Moench) callus tissue and the chlorophyll retention test. Soil application of simazine [2-chloro-4, 6-bis(ethylamino)-s-triazine] at sublethal levels nearly doubled the growth-promoting action of sorghum root exudates. Treated plants yielded up to 26% more total protein than untreated plants. This indicated that the level of callus growth-promoting action in the root exudate of the plant has a positive effect on its final total protein yield and confirms a positive effect of simazine on total protein content in certain instances. The results may provide a new understanding of the mode of action of s-triazines applied at sublethal levels in increasing protein content and certain enzymic activities of treated plants. It is speculated that the growth-promoting action of these herbicides is hormonal in nature and most likely kinetin-like
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska 68503 |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum Soyabean |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2012 09:11 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2012 09:12 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1104/pp.56.6.747 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7614 |
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