quinabactin
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[edit]Noun
[edit]quinabactin (uncountable)
- A synthetic sulfonamide that improves drought tolerance in plants.
- 2016 March 4, “CmWRKY1 Enhances the Dehydration Tolerance of Chrysanthemum through the Regulation of ABA-Associated Genes”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Similarly, it has been shown that PYL2 can mediate a sulfonamide ABA agonist referred to as quinabactin, which forms a hydrogen bond with PYL2/PP2C to contribute to interference with stomata opening, reduction of water loss, and improvement of drought tolerance in soybean plants and adult Arabidopsis.