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THE plant growth inhibitor, dormin, shows similarities in structure to certain carotenoids and, because there is evidence that light stimulates the production of inhibitor β (refs, 1 and 2), the principal activity of which is probably caused by dormin3,4, we have studied the possible formation of inhibitory substances by illumination of these pigments.
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TAYLOR, H., SMITH, T. Production of Plant Growth Inhibitors from Xanthophylls: a Possible Source of Dormin. Nature 215, 1513–1514 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151513a0
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