USE OF PHYLLOCLADANE DITERPENOIDS FOR PLANT FROWTH PROMOTION AND ALLEVIATIN OF GROWTH RETARDANT ALLELOCHEMICALS, AND METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

The present invention provides plant growth-promoting activities of natural plant active constituent calliterpenone and its derivatives belonging to the group phyllocladane diterpenoids. These phytochemicals and derivatives exhibit remarkable growth promoting activities on plant roots, shoots and promote seed germination both in monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants. These phytomolecules possess the antagonistic activity against allelochemicals of plant growth retardant nature and hence can be used to alleviate their detrimental effects.