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Ethephon (2-chloroethyl phosphonic acid) andavg (amino ethoxy vinyl glycine), was administrated in a young healthy tree trunk ofAcacia auriculiformis. Induction of heartwood occurred as a result of ethephon treatment and it increased with increase in its concentration.avg treatment showed production of coloured wood only and its formation was more inhibited at a concentration of 500 ppm which indicates thatavg inhibits the action of ethylene produced by even injury to the wood. The sapwood, sapwood-heartwood boundary and heartwood of a normal disc, coloured wood and induced heartwood were histochemically analysed.
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Baqui, S., Shah, J.J. & Syamprasad, G. Effect of ethephon and amino ethoxy vinyl glycine on heartwood formation inAcacia auriculiformis Cann. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 93, 77–82 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053010
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