Isolation of Abscisin, an Abscission Accelerating Substance
- 11 August 1961
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 134 (3476) , 384-385
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3476.384
Abstract
A crystalline substance, designated abscisin, which accelerates abscission of excised debladed petioles at 10-2 microgram per abscission zone, has been isolated from cotton burs. The yield was approximately 1 milligram from 10 kilograms of dry plant material.Keywords
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