L-3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)alanine (L-DOPA), an allelochemical exuded from velvetbean (Mucuna pruriens) roots

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-120

  Nishihara, Eiji ^a,b   Parvez, Mohammad Masud ^a   Araya, Hiroshi ^a   Kawashima, Shigeto ^a   Fujii, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Niigata Agricultural Research Institutes   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Diffusion; L DOPA; Lettuce growth; Mucuna

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

CULTIVARS; GROWTH INHIBITION; LETTUCE GROWTH;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BIOLOGICAL TESTS; GROWTH; INHIBITION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS; ROOTS; SEEDS;

LACTUCA; MUCUNA; MUCUNA DEERINGIANA; MUCUNA PRURIENS; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 19944414671     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-005-0610-x     Document Type: Article

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