INDUCIBLE EXPRESSION SYSTEM FOR USE IN PLANTS

摘要

The use of an agriculturally acceptable hydrolysable ester such as a compound of formula (I) in which R<1> and R<2> are defined in the application, in the control of expression of a plant gene, said control being effected by an inducible promoter which requires for activation, the presence of an exogenous chemical which may comprise an alcohol, wherein hydrolysis of said agriculturally acceptable ester results in the production of said alcohol. Formulations of these esters are also described and claimed.