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The effect of [(N-phenyl-N′-1,2,3-thidiazol-5-ylurea)] (thidazuron) on sprouting of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers and the role of ABA in bud break and subsequent bud growth were studied. Abscisic acid (ABA) was quantitated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) from the peel of potato tubers. The ELISA results were also validated by gas chromatography-electron capture detector and confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and by a lettuce hypocotyl bioassay. The degree of rest in the tubers was associated with ABA content in the peel. Basal portion (where tuber was attached to mother plant) contained the highest amount of ABA. Thidiazuron reduced ABA content and induced potato tuber sprouting. Exogenously applied ABA stimulated growth of buds that had emerged from dormancy.
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Ji, Z.L., Wang, S.Y. Reduction of abscisic acid content and induction of sprouting in potato,Solanum tuberosum L., by thidiazuron. J Plant Growth Regul 7, 37–44 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02054160
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