Endogenous brassinosteroids (BRs) in the dwarf mutants Ika and Ikb of garden pea (Pisum sativum 1.) and comparable wild-type plants were quantified by gas chromatography-selected ion monitoring using deuterated interna1 standards. In young shoots of the Ikb mutant, the levels of brassinolide, castasterone, and 6-deoxocastasterone were 23-, 22-, and 9-fold lower, respectively, than those of wild-type plants. Applications of brassinolide, castasterone, typhasterol, 3-dehydroteasterone, and teasterone nor-