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The present research investigates the biological profile of eight symmetrical diheteroarylureas and phenylheteroarylureas, testing their hypothetical cytokinin-like activity and rooting activity. Cytokinin-like activity was assayed by the betacyanin (so-called amaranthin) accumulation test and by the tomato regeneration test. The rooting activity was assessed using the mung bean rooting test, the apple stem slice test and the rooting of apple microcuttings. Three compounds, 1,3-di(pyrazin-2-yl)urea (3a), 1,3-di(benzo[d]oxazol-5-yl)urea (3b) and 1,3-di(benzo[d]oxazol-6-yl)urea (3c), enhanced adventitious root formation in apple stem slice test, but only 3b and 3c were active in the mung bean rooting test. Compound 3b, that showed the best rooting activity, was also able to enhance the adventitious root formation in apple microcuttings. None of the compounds showed cytokinin-like activity.
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We thank Dr. A. Scott-Monkhouse for her linguistic revision of the article. The research was supported by MIUR (Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca).
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Ricci, A., Incerti, M., Rolli, E. et al. Diheteroarylurea derivatives as adventitious rooting adjuvants in mung bean shoots and M26 apple rootstock. Plant Growth Regul 50, 201–209 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-006-9119-1
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