Urea derivatives on the move: Cytokinin-like activity and adventitious rooting enhancement depend on chemical structure

Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 262-272

  Ricci, A ^a   Bertoletti, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adventitious rooting; Cytokinin like activity; Urea derivatives

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CARBANILAMIDE DERIVATIVE; CYTOKININ; DRUG DERIVATIVE; N (2 CHLORO 4 PYRIDYL) N' PHENYLUREA; N-(2-CHLORO-4-PYRIDYL)-N'-PHENYLUREA; PHYTOHORMONE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; THIADIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIDIAZURON; UREA;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; HORMONE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROOTING; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADENINE; CYTOKININS; PHENYLUREA COMPOUNDS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; PYRIDINES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THIADIAZOLES; UREA;

EID: 64549141980     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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