CORESTA Congress, Kunming, 2018, Agronomy/Phytopathology Groups, AP 40
Plant metabolism studies with 14C-maleic hydrazide (MH) in tobacco and evaluation of analytical methods
(1) Japan Tobacco Inc., Leaf Tobacco Research Center, Oyama, Tochigi, Japan; (2) Japan Tobacco Inc., Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Division, Tokyo, Japan
Maleic hydrazide (MH) is used as a sucker control agent for tobacco. Reportedly, absorbed MH in tobacco plants is metabolized to its glucoside conjugates and is converted to the bound form. However, how much original MH can be converted to those...