Re: Fungal growth on Corydalis
- To: propagation@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Fungal growth on Corydalis
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 17:19:14 EST
In a message dated 1/17/99 4:05:28 PM Central Standard Time,
paul.olsson@mbox305.swipnet.se writes:
<< I have treated the seeds with GA-3 solution. Will this be washed away if
rinsing them or shaking them in soapy water. Same thing occured with Trillium
seeds which also have arils. They germinated eventually anyway. >>
Here we go with a perfect example. GA is a gibberellin. the above two plants
need the gibberellins produced by fungi to germinate.
It seems to appear that all gibberellins are produced by fungi-at least I have
not heard of any that are produced by plants.
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