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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| author | Flematti, G. Dixon, Kingsley Smith, S. |
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| description | © 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 evolving rapidly. Recent research suggests that karrikins mimic an unidentified endogenous compound that has roles in seed germination and early plant development. The endogenous signalling compound is presumably not only similar to karrikins, but also to the related strigolactone hormones. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-104462017-09-13T14:54:25Z What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? Flematti, G. Dixon, Kingsley Smith, S. © 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 evolving rapidly. Recent research suggests that karrikins mimic an unidentified endogenous compound that has roles in seed germination and early plant development. The endogenous signalling compound is presumably not only similar to karrikins, but also to the related strigolactone hormones. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10446 10.1186/s12915-015-0219-0 BioMed Central Ltd. unknown |
| spellingShingle | Flematti, G. Dixon, Kingsley Smith, S. What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? |
| title | What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? |
| title_full | What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? |
| title_fullStr | What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? |
| title_full_unstemmed | What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? |
| title_short | What are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? |
| title_sort | what are karrikins and how were they 'discovered' by plants? |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10446 |