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As candidate(s) for allelopathic substance(s), two plant growthinhibitors were isolated from aqueous leachate of leaves of mesquite, whichshowa strong allelopathy, and which were identified as syringin and(–)-lariciresinol by their spectral analyses. Syringin inhibited root andshoot growth of lettuce seedlings at concentrations greater than 0.8μM, and root and shoot growth of barnyard grass seedlings atconcentrations greater than 2.7 and 26.9 μM, respectively. Onthe other hand, (–)-lariciresinol inhibited root and shoot growth oflettuce seedlings at concentrations greater than 2.8 and 0.8μM,and root and shoot growth of barnyard grass seedling at concentrations greaterthan 0.8 and 2.8 μM, respectively. The contents of syringin and(–)-lariciresinol in the rhizosphere soil of mesquite were 0.34 and 0.38μg/g soil, respectively. These results indicate that syringinand (–)-lariciresinol are allelopathic substance(s), and may play rolesinthe allelopathy of mesquite.
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Nakano, H., Fujii, Y., Yamada, K. et al. Isolation and identification of plant growth inhibitors as candidate(s) for allelopathic substance(s), from aqueous leachate from mesquite (Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.) leaves. Plant Growth Regulation 37, 113–117 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020579101938
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