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Templeman and Sexton1 were the first to show that ethyl and isopropyl phenylcarbamates were selectively toxic to higher plants and therefore potentially valuable as herbicides. Since then, Ennis2, Ivens and Blackman3 and Doxey4 have reported on the mitotic effects induced by these compounds. It has generally been assumed that their action is primarily on the spindle of dividing cells; but a continuation of the work at Oxford suggests that other factors may be involved.
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Templeman, W. G., and Sexton, W. A., Nature, 156, 630 (1946).
Ennis, W. B., Amer. J. Bat., 35, 18 (1948).
Ivens, G. W., and Blackman, G. E., Symp. Soc. Exp. Biol., 3, 266 (1949).
Doxey, D., Ann. Bot., 13, 329 (1949).
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IVENS, G., BLACKMAN, G. Inhibition of Growth of Apical Meristems by Ethyl Phenylcarbamate. Nature 166, 954–955 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/166954b0
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