Chemical pruning..✂️🍅

Fang et al. identified 4-(2-phenylethynyl)-benzoicacid (PEBA) as a highly potent chemical pruner with inhibitory effects on #tomato seed germination & lateral bud outgrowth (due to perturbations in #phytohormones & biochemical pathways).

📖 https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcae142
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