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A plant growth inhibitor was isolated from blue light-illuminated cressseedlings and identified as 4-hydroxy-2,3-dimethyl-2-nonen-4-olide from1H and 13C NMR and ESI-MS spectra. It inhibited thehypocotyl growth of cress seedlings at concentrations higher than 100μM.
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Hasegawa, T., Yamada, K., Shigemori, H. et al. Isolation and identification of a growth inhibitor from blue light-illuminated cress seedlings. Plant Growth Regulation 37, 45–47 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020379306262
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