Creation of function regulators of plant hormones and their application to physiology, genetics and agriculture

Abstract

Biologically active small molecules have increasingly been used in plant biology to dissect and understand biological systems. Plant hormones are essential factors for normal plant growth and therefore the regulation of their functions causes marked changes in plant phenotypes. Since small molecules that bind to biosynthesis enzymes and reduce their ability can mimic mutations in plant hormone biosynthesis, plant hormone biosynthesis inhibitors are now widely used in plant physiology and genetics. © 2011, Pesticide Science Society of Japan. All rights reserved.