New plant growth regulators, named chloroisosulochrin, chloroisosulochrin dehydrate and pestheic acid, have been isolated from the culture filtrate of Pestalotiopsis theae grown on a Raulin-Thom medium. Their structures have been established by spectroscopic and chemical methods. The biological activities of these compounds have been examined using bioassay methods with lettuce and rice seedlings

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Aspterric acid (1) and 6-hydroxymellein (2), inhibitors of pollen development in Arabidopsis thaliana, have been isolated fromthe fungus Aspergillus terreus. 1 and 2 inhibited the pollen development at concentrations of 38 and 52 μᴍ, respectively. The microscopic examination of pollen development suggested that the inhibition by the treatment with 1 caused at meiosis and the inhibition by the treatment with 2 caused at microspore stage. 1 and 2 could be useful agents for the molecular investigation of anther and pollen development in higher plants.

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