%0 Journal Article %T Germina£¿£¿o de sementes de alface e de duas ervas invasoras com a aplica£¿£¿o de um novo an¨¢logo do estrigol, sintetizado a partir do safrol %A Gabriel %A Andr¨¦ Jos¨¦ A. %A Lima %A Marco Edilson F. de %A Souza %A Marco Andr¨¦ A. de %A Souza %A Sonia R. %J Horticultura Brasileira %D 2002 %I Associa??o Brasileira de Olericultura %R 10.1590/S0102-05362002000400006 %X strigol is a natural sesquiterpene and is a strong stimulant of germination, mainly of weed seeds from the genera striga and orobanche. solutions with concentrations from 0.01; 0.1; 10 and 1000 mg/l of a new strigol analogue, synthesized from natural safrole (isolated from sassafraz oil) were applied to seeds of lettuce, ipomoea grandifolia and bidens pilosa. a stimulating effect in the germination of weed seeds was observed, whereas no effect on lettuce was observed. the results indicate that the new analogue presents potential application as a germination stimulant of weed seeds, which could be eliminated from the soil, before sowing vegetables such as lettuce. %K lactuca sativa l. %K ipomoea grandifolia %K bidens pilosa l. %K germination stimulant %K sassafraz oil. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-05362002000400006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en