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Templeman and Sexton1 have shown that certain concentrations of the aryloxyacetic acids produce a differential effect on the growth of plants of different species. This effect, very marked in the case of 4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxyacetic acid, has now been utilized as a means of eliminating weeds from cereal crops.
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Templeman, W. G., and Sexton, W. A., Proc. Roy. Soc., B, 133, 300 (1946).
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RHODES, A., TEMPLEMAN, W. Effect of 4-Chloro-2-Methyl Phenoxyacetic Acid on the Mineral Content and Growth of Plants. Nature 160, 825–826 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160825b0
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