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Phenylacetic acid as a phytotoxic compound of corn pollen
A L Anaya1, B E Hernandez-Bautista, M Jimenez-Estrada
1Instituto de Fisiologia Celular, U.N.A.M., Apartado Postal 70-600, 04510, México, D.F..
Abstract:
Phenylacetic acid (PAA), one of the phytotoxic compounds in corn (Zea mays) pollen, was identified by GC-MS and by direct comparison with a pure commercial sample of PAA. Bioassays were carried out by testing whole pollen, methylene chloride extract of the pollen, and pure PAA on germination and radical growth ofAmaranthus leucocarpus andEchinochloa crusgalli. The effect of corn pollen was compared with that ofZea mexicana (Teosinte), one of the wild relatives of cultivated maize.
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