COMPOSITION BASED ON THE GROWTH REGULATOR FLOROXAN WITH GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID FOR COTTON GROWTH R.P. Zakirova 1 , Khalikov S.S. 2 , Turaeva S.M. 1 , Kurbanova E.R. 1 , Chkanikov N.D. 2 1) S.Yu. Yunusov Institute of the Chemistry of Plant Substances Academy of sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan st. Mirzo-Ulugbek, 77, 100170 Tashkent e-mail: ranozakirova@mail.ru
2) Acad. A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of the Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, st. Vavilov, 28/1; e-mail: salavathalikov@mail.ru
Floroxan is an original development of Institute of Organoelement Compounds
named after A.N. Nesmeyanov RAS and its biological properties have been studied by
scientists in Russia and Uzbekistan for several years as a promising plant growth
regulator. For the first time, the unique properties of floroxan were noted by All-
Russian Research Institute of Phytopathology. specialists when studying it in the form
of an aqueous solution on such crops as rapeseed, corn, and sunflower. The drug
showed biological activity at doses up to 100 mg/ha, which did not allow it to be used
as a separate drug on an industrial scale in agricultural practice.
The work aims to develop drugs based on floroxan to stimulate the growth of crops.
A fundamentally new approach to improving the properties of floroxan by its
mechanochemical modification with glycyrrhizic acid (GA) is proposed. The choice of
this polysaccharide is explained by the fact that GA has a complex of useful properties,
namely, it has a high solubilizing ability and increased permeability through plant
membranes.
The study of the growth-stimulating activity of the drug based on a solid dispersion
of floroxan and glycyrrhizic acid was carried out on hopscotch. Pre-sowing soaking of
cotton seeds showed high efficiency of the drug in terms of germination, growth, and
development of cotton, as well as the formation of its fruit elements compared to
floroxan. The drug, when dissolved in water, forms a supramolecular complex that
provides increased solubility, bioavailability, and absorption (penetration through plant
membranes) of floroxan, and, consequently, a general increase in its biological activity.
The drug, obtained by low-energy and waste-free one-stage technology, has a plant
growth-stimulating activity that exceeds the activity of floroxan, is based on available
domestic raw materials, is environmentally safe, stable during long-term storage, is
highly soluble in water, and is convenient to use.