Thallophytic Allelopathy: Isolation and Identification of Laetisaric Acid
Abstract
Laetisaria arvalis, a soil-dwelling basidiomycete fungus, secretes an allelopathic agent that induces rapid hyphal lysis in several phytopathogenic fungi. The active compound was isolated from chloroform:methanol extracts of L. arvalis mycelia and characterized as a previously unknown hydroxy fatty acid, (Z,Z)-9,12-8-hydroxyoctadecadienoic acid.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- April 1986
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.232.4746.105
- Bibcode:
- 1986Sci...232..105B