Simplified strigolactams as potent analogues of strigolactones for the seed germination induction of Orobanche cumana Wallr.

Background: Strigolactones play an important role in the rhizosphere as signalling molecules stimulating the seed germination of parasitic weed seeds and hyphal branching of arbuscular micorrhiza, and also act as hormones in plant roots and shoots. Strigolactone derivatives, e.g.