Oryzalin is a herbicide of the dinitroaniline class. It acts through the disruption (depolymerization) of microtubules, thus blocking anisotropic growth of plant cells.[1] It can also be used to induce polyploidy in plants as an alternative to colchicine.[2]

References

  1. ^ Taiz L, Zeiger E (2010). Plant Physiology (5th ed.). Sinauer Associates. pp. 433–434. ISBN 978-0-87893-866-7.
  2. ^ Klíma M, Vyvadilová M, Kucera V (January 2008). "Chromosome doubling effects of selected antimitotic agents in Brassica napus microspore culture" (PDF). Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 44 (1): 30–36. doi:10.17221/1328-CJGPB.

External links

  • Oryzalin in the Pesticide Properties DataBase (PPDB)