caa a22 4500 469096357 CHVBK 20180323133032.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19921101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00317378 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00317378 Antifungal activity in seed coat extracts of woodland plants [Elektronische Daten] [Susan Warr, Ken Thompson, Martin Kent] Summary: Aqueous extracts from seeds of four woodland ground flora species (Hyacinthoides non-scripta, Allium ursinum, Digitalis purpurea and Hypericum pulchrum) were tested for antifungal activity using a petriplate technique. Four species of fungi were investigated. The growth of three of these (Trichoderma viride, Rhizoctonia solani and Pythium sp.) was not affected by any of the seed coat extracts. The growth of Botrytis cinerea was inhibited by the seed coat extracts of Digitalis purpurea and Hypericum pulchrum but not by those of Hyacinthoides non-scripta or Allium ursinum. The buried seeds of Digitalis purpurea and Hypericum pulchrum can survive in woodland soils for long periods, whereas those of Hyacinthoides non-scripta and Allium ursinum are short-lived. The presence of antifungal agents in the seed coats of persistent species and their possible role in protecting seeds against fungal pathogens is discussed. Springer-Verlag, 1992 Warr Susan Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut Thompson Ken NERC Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut Kent Martin Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut Oecologia Springer-Verlag 92/2(1992-11-01), 296-298 0029-8549 92:2<296 1992 92 442 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317378 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317378 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Warr Susan Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thompson Ken NERC Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, The University, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kent Martin Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, PL4 8AA, Plymouth, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Oecologia Springer-Verlag 92/2(1992-11-01), 296-298 0029-8549 92:2<296 1992 92 442 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer