biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 52:351-354, 2008 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-008-0072-x

Inhibition of germination and α-amylase induction by 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone in twelve plant species

H. Kato-Noguchi1,*, F. A. Macías2
1 Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa, Japan
2 Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Cádiz, Puerto Real, Spain

6-Methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone (MBOA) inhibited germination of rice (Oryza sativa L.), wheat (Triticum aethiopicum Jakubz), rye (Secale cereale L.), onion (Allium cepa L.), wild oat (Avena fatua L.), barnyard grass [Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.], ryegrass (Lolium rigidum Gaudin), cress (Lepidium sativum L.), lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.), carrot (Daucus carota L.) and amaranth (Amaranthus retroflexus L) and the inhibition increased with increasing MBOA concentrations. MBOA also inhibited the induction of α-amylase in these plant seeds and the inhibition increased with increasing MBOA concentrations. There were variations in sensitivity of these plant species to MBOA, and species of family Poaceae (barnyard grass, wild oat, rice, rye, ryegrass, and wheat) were less sensitive to MBOA than the other plant species.

Keywords: allelopathy; germination inhibitor; Poaceae
Subjects: allelopathy; Allium cepa; amaranth; Amaranthus retroflexus; Avena fatua; barnyard grass; carrot; cress; Daucus carota; Echinochloa crus-galli; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid; germination; Lactuca sativa; Lepidium sativum; lettuce; Lolium rigidum; Lycopersicon esculentum; onion; Oryza sativa; Poaceae; rice; rye; ryegrass; Secale cereale; tomato; Triticum aethiopicum; wheat; wild oat

Received: June 2, 2006; Accepted: January 6, 2007; Published: June 1, 2008  Show citation

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Kato-Noguchi, H., & Macías, F.A. (2008). Inhibition of germination and α-amylase induction by 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone in twelve plant species. Biologia plantarum, 52(2), 351-354. doi: 10.1007/s10535-008-0072-x
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