The use of thioxopyrimidine derivatives for the regulation of vegetative growth of wheat

Abstract

The work is devoted to the screening of new effective wheat plant growth regulators based on synthetic compounds, thioxopyrimidine derivatives. The wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety Oksamit Mironivskyi was used as the object of the study. Morphometric parameters (average length of shoots and roots (mm), and average biomass of 10 plants (g)) of 4-week-old wheat plants were measured. Treatment of wheat plants with thioxopyrimidine derivatives at a concentration of 10-6 M contributed to the growth and development of shoots and roots compared to control wheat plants treated with distilled water. The regulatory effect of thioxopyrimidine derivatives on the vegetative growth of wheat plants was similar to the regulatory effect of auxin IAA (1H-indol-3-yl)acetic acid) or synthetic compounds, derivatives of sodium and potassium salts of 6-methyl-2-mercapto-4-hydroxypyrimidine (Methyur, Kamethur) and N-oxide-2,6-dimethylpyridine (Ivin) used in the same concentration of 10-6 M. The correlation between the growth regulatory effect and the chemical structure of synthetic compounds, thioxopyrimidine derivatives was established. The selected most active synthetic compounds, thioxopyrimidine derivatives, are proposed to be used to improve the vegetative growth of wheat (T. aestivum L.) variety Oksamit Mironivskyi.