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A Compound from Smoke That Promotes Seed Germination
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Exposure of seeds to aerosol smoke or crude smoke extracts stimulates the germination of a number of fire-dependent and fire-independent plant species. We now report the identity of a germination-promoting compound present in plant- and cellulose-derived smoke. The structure of this compound, deduced from spectroscopic analysis and confirmed by synthesis, was shown to be that of the butenolide 3-methyl-2 H -furo[2,3- c ]pyran-2-one ( 1 ). Here we show that 1 promotes germination of a number of plant species at a level similar to that observed with plant-derived smoke water.
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- Authors
- Flematti, G. R., Ghisalberti, E. L., Dixon, K. W., & Trengove, R. D.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2004-08-13
- Volume
- 305
- Issue
- 5686
- Pages
- 977-977
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1989926905
- Cited by
- 757
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 28.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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