Flematti, G. R. and Ghisalberti, E.L. and Dixon, K. W. and Trengove, R. D. (2004) A Compound from Smoke That Promotes Seed Germination. Science Magazine, 305 (5688). p. 977.
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Abstract
Exposure of seeds to aerosol smoke or crude smoke extracts stimulates the germination of a number of fire-dependent and fire-independent plant species. We now report the identity of a germination-promoting compound present in plant- and cellulose-derived smoke. The structure of this compound, deduced from spectroscopic analysis and confirmed by synthesis, was shown to be that of the butenolide 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one (1). Here we show that 1 promotes germination of a number of plant species at a level similar to that observed with plant-derived smoke water.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1099944/DC1 Materials and Methods Table S1 |
| Author Affiliation: | The University of Western Australia(Australia) |
| Subjects: | Atmosperic Science Plant Protection |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Dec 2011 08:26 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Dec 2011 08:26 |
| Official URL: | http://www.sciencemag.org/magazine |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2874 |
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