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BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages 98-102Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.98
Keywords
germination stimulant; root parasitic plant; strigol; strigyl acetate
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The germination stimulants for root parasitic plants Striga and Orobanche produced by cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) were examined in detail. Seeds of cotton were germinated and grown on glass wool wetted with sterile distilled water in sterile filter units. The root exudate was collected daily and extracted with ethyl acetate. Each of these ethyl acetate extracts was analyzed directly by high-performance liquid chromatography linked with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). The results demonstrate that cotton roots exuded strigol and strigyl acetate, but no other known strigolactones such as orobanchol and alectrol. The production of strigol was detected even in the root exudate collected during the first 24 h of incubation and reached a maximum 5-7 days later. The average exudation of strigol and strigyl acetate during the incubation period was ca. 15 and 2pg/plant/day, respectively, indicating that strigol mainly contributed to germination stimulation by the cotton root exudate.
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