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Identification and phytotoxicity of 3-nitropropanoic acid produced in vitro by Melanconis thelebola

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A phytotoxic metabolite was found to accumulate in culture of a strain ofMelanconis thelebola, isolated from canker on red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.). The metabolite was identified by elemental analysis,1H-and13C-NMR and IR spectroscopy as 3-nitropropanoic acid.

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Chimico-Agrarie, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, 80055, Portici, Italy

    A. Evidente

  2. Istituto di Patologia e Zoologia Forestale ed Agraria, Università di Firenze, 50144, Firenze, Italy

    P. Capretti & G. Surico

  3. Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Napoli “Federico II”, 80134, Napoli, Italy

    F. Giordano

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Evidente, A., Capretti, P., Giordano, F. et al. Identification and phytotoxicity of 3-nitropropanoic acid produced in vitro by Melanconis thelebola. Experientia 48, 1169–1172 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01948017

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