What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants?

© 2015 Flematti et al. Karrikins are a family of compounds produced by wildfires that can stimulate the germination of dormant seeds of plants from numerous families. Seed plants could have 'discovered' karrikins during fire-prone times in the Cretaceous period when flowering plants were e...

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Main Authors: Flematti, G., Dixon, Kingsley, Smith, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10446