Isolation,identification and necrotic activity of viridiol from Chalara fraxinea,the fungus responsible for dieback of ash |
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| Authors: | P F Andersson S B K Johansson J Stenlid A Broberg |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7015, SE‐750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;2. Department of Forest Mycology and Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, PO Box 7026, SE‐750 07 Uppsala, Sweden;3. E‐mail: anders.broberg@kemi.slu.se (for correspondence) |
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| Abstract: | Investigation of secondary metabolite production of Chalara fraxinea, the fungus responsible for dieback of ash, led to the isolation of the phytotoxin viridiol and the fungistatic compound viridin. Viridiol showed necrotic activity towards ash‐seedlings. |
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