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Article: 2,4-D sparks artificial seeds. (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in earth sciences research)
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- Canadian Chemical News
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- October 1, 1989
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2,4-D Sparks Artificial Seeds
Combining advanced cell culture techniques, varied light regimens, progressive dessication and plain old 2,4-dichlorophen-oxyacetic acid (the common weedkiller 2,4-D), three plant physiologists at the University of Guelph have recently developed `artificial seeds' that may one day completely replace plant seeds obtained through natural sexual reproduction.
Kandiah Anandarajah, Tissa Senartna and Bryan D. McKersie of the University's Department of Crop Science reported at the Joint Meeting of the American and Canadian Societies of Plant Physiologists in Toronto July, 1989, that they had succeeded in coaxing small pieces of ...