Lateral root inducing compounds from the bacterium Erwinia quercina: Isolation, structure and synthesis

AE Wright, M Schäfer, S Midland, DE Munnecke…

Index: Wright, Amy E.; Schaefer, Matthias; Midland, Sharon; Munnecke, Donald E.; Sims, James J. Tetrahedron Letters, 1989 , vol. 30, # 42 p. 5699 - 5702

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Abstract

Fresh carrots purchased from a supermarket were washed with detergent and water, soaked for 15 minutes in a 1.9 (v/v) household bleach/distilled water solution and rinsed with sterile water. The carrots were cut into 1 inch long hemicylinders and placed flat surface down in sterile petri dishes containing a wet filter paper (3 pieces per , randomized). The sample to be assayed was dissolved in sterile water and pipetted onto the upper curved surface of the carrots. ...