Title |
Factors influencing the production of stilbenes by the knotweed, Reynoutria × bohemica
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Published in |
BMC Plant Biology, January 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2229-10-19 |
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Authors |
Marcela Kovářová, Kristýna Bartůňková, Tomáš Frantík, Helena Koblihová, Kateřina Prchalová, Miroslav Vosátka |
Abstract |
Japanese knotweed, Reynoutria japonica, is known for its high growth rate, even on adverse substrates, and for containing organic substances that are beneficial to human health. Its hybrid, Reynoutria x bohemica, was described in the Czech Republic in 1983 and has been widespread ever since. We examined whether Reynoutria x bohemica as a medicinal plant providing stilbenes and emodin, can be cultivated in spoil bank substrates and hence in the coalmine spoil banks changed into arable fields. We designed a pot experiment and a field experiment to assess the effects of various factors on the growth efficiency of Reynoutria x bohemica on clayish substrates and on the production of stilbenes and emodin in this plant. |
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