Isolation and structural characterization of a water-soluble germination inhibitor from Scotch thistle (Onopordum acanthium) cypselas

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2425-2438

  Qaderi, Mirwais M ^a   Cavers, Paul B ^a   Bernards, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioactivity guided fractionation; Chemical analysis; Cypsela dormancy; Germination inhibitor; Lactuca sativa; Leachate; Lettuce; Onopordum acanthium; Population; Scotch thistle

Indexed keywords

BENZAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; GERMINATION; INHIBITION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

ALLELOPATHY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DORMANCY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GERMINATION; LEACHING; LETTUCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; GERMINATION; LETTUCE; ONOPORDUM; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; SOLUBILITY;

CIRSIUM; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; ONOPORDUM; ONOPORDUM ACANTHIUM;

EID: 0344464778     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026397532000     Document Type: Article

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