ISSN:
1365-3059
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
The browning of tuber discs was used as a model system to study the effect of substituted phenoxyacetic acids on tuber metabolism. Those substituted phenoxyacetic acids that reduce scab reduced browning but several compounds that do not affect scab also reduced browning. Evidence presented indicates that 3,5-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid preferentially inhibited phenolic metabolism rather than generally inhibiting the changes that occur after cutting (wounding). It is suggested that the decrease in potato common scab by foliar sprays of 3,5-D is due to a modified host metabolism which involves inhibition of phenolic biosynthesis but which has no effect on terpenoid biosynthesis.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.1984.tb01327.x
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