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Earlier work has established the role of terpenoids and their derivatives as a new group of plant growth regulators. Some of these terpenoids have now been tested in field trials and have been found to increase rice production significantly.
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Acknowlegment. The authors thank the Punjab State Govt. (India) for financially supporting this research program under the scheme ‘Chemistry of some natural products and their significance in Agriculture’. I. K. is thankful to Dr T. H. Singh, Department of Plant Breeding for providing the facilities.
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Talwar, K.K., Kumar, I. & Kalsi, P.S. A dramatic role of terpenoids in increasing rice production. Experientia 39, 117–119 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01960663
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