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Plant and Cell Physiology, 1970, Vol. 11, No. 3 511-514
© 1970

Short communication

Alfalfa saponins as inhibitors of cotton seed germination1

U. MARCHAIM2, Y. BIRK2, A. DOVRAT2 and T. BERMAN3

2Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University Rehovot
3G. Mer Memorial Research Laboratories Rosh-Pina, Israel

The inhibitory effect of alfalfa saponins on the germination of cotton seeds was primarily attributed to interference with the seedcoat and with the membrane. This effect was not due to impermeability to water.

1This work was supported in part by grant No. FG-Is-246 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and a grant from the Committee for the Encouragement of Research, General Federation of Labour, in Israel

(Received December 8, 1969; )
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