Agent for inducing callus and method for inducing callus

摘要

This invention relates to an agent for inducing a callus comprising a compound represented by Formula (I) or a hydrolysis product of an amide bond thereof:; wherein Ar¹ represents phenyl substituted with substituent or substituents selected from alkoxy and methylenedioxy; Ar² represents phenyl substituted with halogen; R¹ and R² each represent hydrogen, alkyl, cyano, or carboxyl; R¹ and R² may together form oxo; R³ to R¹⁰ each represent hydrogen or methyl; and R³ and R⁴, R⁵ and R⁶, R⁷ and R⁸, and/or R⁹ and R¹⁰ may together form oxo; a method for inducing a callus and a method for plant transformation using such agent for inducing a callus.