Germination of Witchweed ( Striga lutea Lour.): Isolation and Properties of a Potent Stimulant
- 2 December 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 154 (3753) , 1189-1190
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.154.3753.1189
Abstract
A crystalline germination stimulant (trivial name strigol) for the rootparasite, witchweed (Striga lutea Lour.), has been isolated from cotton rootexudates and characterized as a C19H22O6 compound. Although apparently different from known plant hormones, the stimulant is active at hormonal levels, causing germination at concentrations less than 1O-5 part per million.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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