ancymidol

A1N1C3Y4M3I1D2O1L1

noun

The plant growth regulator α-cyclopropyl-α-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol

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Meanings

nounancymidol (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryThe plant growth regulator α-cyclopropyl-α-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol

    Wild-type plants treated with ancymidol, an inhibitor of GA biosynthesis, will tuberize in LD, which is very similar to the formation of tubers on the antisense PHYB plants.

    2015 August 17, Mei Yang et al., “Transcriptomic Analysis of the Regulation of Rhizome Formation in Temperate and Tropical Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)”, in Scientific Reports, volume 5, →DOI
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