New allelochemical found in rice
A new allelopathic amino acid, (R)-β-tyrosine has been discovered in japonica rice. A team of researchers from Cornell University, leaded by Prof. Georg Jander of the Boyce Thomson Institute for Plant Research, and Asian laboratories (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yamagata University and Kyoto University in Japan, and National Taiwan University) found the isomer of the common amino acid (S)-α-tyrosine in the seeds, leaves, roots, and root exudates of the Nipponbare rice culti
