Inhibition of spinach bolting by growth regulators

Jan Borkowski, Leszek S. Jankiewicz

Abstract


Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) plants must be harvested during a short period of time because they bolt just after producing some edible leaves. Maleic hydrazide (MH) and its commercial preparation "Antyrost" were found to inhibit bolting very strongly. The preparation Off-shoot-O showed very weak activity in suppressing bolting but diminished markedly the resistance of spinach plants to fungus diseases. Triiodobenzoic acid stimulated bolting, and the retardant succinic acid-2-2-dimethylhydrazide (SADH) did not affect bolting. Application of MH to inhibit spinach bolting cannot be recommended in practice before investigating the residues of this compound in leaves.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/aa.1979.021

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  • 0065-0951 (print; ceased since 2016)
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