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List of works by Marnie E. Light

A comparison of the cost-effectiveness of different eucalypt cut-stump control management options to reduce competition from coppice regrowth during stand establishment in Mpumalanga, South Africa

An irrigation control system with a web-based interface for the management of Eucalyptus planting stock in a nursery

Assessing African medicinal plants for efficacy and safety: agricultural and storage practices.

scientific article published in December 2004

Biological activities and distribution of plant saponins.

scientific article published in October 2004

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Butenolides from plant-derived smoke: natural plant-growth regulators with antagonistic actions on seed germination.

scientific article published in February 2010

Comparison of germination responses of Anigozanthos flavidus (Haemodoraceae), Gyrostemon racemiger and Gyrostemon ramulosus (Gyrostemonaceae) to smoke-water and the smoke-derived compounds karrikinolide (KAR1) and glyceronitrile.

scientific article published on 8 January 2013

Do fire-related cues, including smoke-water, karrikinolide, glyceronitrile and nitrate, stimulate the germination of 17 Anigozanthos taxa and Blancoa canescens (Haemodoraceae)?

scholarly article

Ecology of Plant-Derived Smoke: Its Use in Seed Germination

article

Effect on nursery and field performance ofPinus patulaseedlings after inoculation withFusarium circinatum

Fire-related cues and the germination of eight Conostylis (Haemodoraceae) taxa, when freshly collected, after burial and after laboratory storage

Formation of a seed germination promoter from carbohydrates and amino acids.

scientific article

Genetic toxicity testing of 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one, an important biologically active compound from plant-derived smoke

scientific article published on 20 September 2006

Genotoxicity testing of 3,4,5-trimethylfuran-2(5H)-one, a compound from plant-derived smoke with germination inhibitory activity.

scientific article

In vitro antimicrobial, anthelmintic and cyclooxygenase-inhibitory activities and phytochemical analysis of Leucosidea sericea.

scientific article published on 11 June 2010

Limitations of using Differential Display RT-PCR in the chase for smoke-related genes

Molecular aspects of the antagonistic interaction of smoke-derived butenolides on the germination process of Grand Rapids lettuce (Lactuca sativa) achenes

scientific article

Monosaccharides promote flowering in Kniphofia leucocephala in vitro

Phytochemical and pharmacological screening of Sterculiaceae species and isolation of antibacterial compounds.

scientific article published in January 2005

Post-germination effects of the smoke-derived compound 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one, and its potential as a preconditioning agent

Riding the wave: South Africa's contribution to ethnopharmacological research over the last 25 years.

scientific article

Smoke-water-induced changes of expression pattern in Grand Rapids lettuce achenes

South Africa's ‘botanical gold mine’: threats and prospects

Stress-related genes define essential steps in the response of maize seedlings to smoke-water.

scientific article published on 13 January 2009

Structure-activity relationships of analogs of 3,4,5-trimethylfuran-2(5H)-one with germination inhibitory activities.

scientific article published on 4 May 2013

Structure–activity relationships of N- and S-analogs of the seed germination inhibitor (3,4,5-trimethylfuran-2(5H)-one) for mode of action elucidation

The fire ephemeral Tersonia cyathiflora (Gyrostemonaceae) germinates in response to smoke but not the butenolide 3-methyl-2H-furo[2,3-c]pyran-2-one

scientific article

The polyacetylene falcarindiol with COX-1 activity isolated from Aegopodium podagraria L.

scientific article published on 6 May 2007

The use of glyphosate for the management of secondary coppice regrowth in a Eucalyptus grandis × E. urophylla coppice stand in Zululand, South Africa

Transcriptome analysis of germinating maize kernels exposed to smoke-water and the active compound KAR1

scientific article