Studies on the Mechanism of Injurious Action of Fusarinic Acid on Plant-growth

Part 3. Studies on the Injurious Action of the Substances on Rice-Seeds Sprouting, which have Analogous Chemical Structure with Fusarinic Acid

Abstract

The authors experimented on the injurious action of the substances on rice-seeds' sprouting, which have analogous chemical structure with fusarinic acid and observed that the substance, which chelates with metal-ion in the molecule, showed evident activity, while the substance, which does not chelate, had no activity. The stronger the chelation is the more the activity. Fusarinic acid was proved to be deprived of a considerable amount of the injurious action. by esterifying its carboxyl group.