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Structural Requirements of Amitrole for Physiological Activity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

E. E. Schweizer and
B. J. Rogers
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Abstract

Amitrole (3-amino-1,2,4-triazole) and 5-chlorobenzo-1,2,3-triazole were the only compounds tested that inhibited wheat root elongation and growth of carrot explants, produced chlorosis, and depressed catalase activity. Ten other heterocyclic compounds were more effective in inhibiting growth in wheat roots or carrot explants. Overall biological activity was reduced when substituents other than the amino group on the number three position were substituted on the triazole nucleus.

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Weeds , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , January 1964, pp. 7 - 10
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Copyright © 1964 Weed Science Society of America 

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