ancymidol

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ancymidol (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The plant growth regulator α-cyclopropyl-α-(4-methoxyphenyl)-5-pyrimidinemethanol
   • 2015 August 17, Mei Yang et al., “Transcriptomic Analysis of the Regulation of Rhizome Formation in Temperate and Tropical Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera)”, in Scientific Reports‎^[1], volume 5, →DOI:

     Wild-type plants treated with ancymidol, an inhibitor of GA biosynthesis, will tuberize in LD, which is very similar to the formation of tubers on the antisense PHYB plants.