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JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Volume 155, Issue 11-12, Pages 728-734Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2007.01307.x
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biological control of weeds; broomrape germination; high performance liquid chromatography; phenolic compounds; Pisum sativum; Rhizobium leguminosarum
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Parasitic plants are among the most important problematic weeds, they are responsible of major losses of many crops. Early growth stages, such as seed germination stimulated by host root exudates and tubercle development, are key phases for these parasites development. Inhibition of these early phases could be a general strategic option for parasitic plants management. In our previous study, we have demonstrated that some Rhizobium leguminosarum strains decrease pea infection by Orobanche crenata and germinated seeds enhanced browning symptoms. These observations suggested the probability of toxic compounds accumulation such as gallic acid and naringenin used as a defence strategy by inoculated pea plants. In this study, we demonstrate that these two phenolic compounds cause severe physiological disorder of germination broomrape seeds. They inhibited germination of O. crenata seeds induced by strigol analogue GR(24), and caused a browning reaction in germinated seeds.
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