Oryzalin is an
herbicide
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of the
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class. It acts through the disruption (
depolymerization Depolymerization (or depolymerisation) is the process of converting a polymer into a monomer or a mixture of monomers. This process is driven by an increase in entropy.
Ceiling temperature
The tendency of polymers to depolymerize is indicated by ...
) of microtubules, thus blocking
anisotropic
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growth of plant cells. It can also be used to induce
polyploid
Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of ( homologous) chromosomes. Most species whose cells have nuclei ( eukaryotes) are diploid, meaning they have two sets of chromosomes, where each set contain ...
y in plants as an alternative to
colchicine
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.
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Antiparasitic agents
Nitrobenzenes
Sulfonamides
Preemergent herbicides
Anilines
Microtubule inhibitors
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