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Heritable variation in quinone-induced haustorium development in the parasitic plant Triphysaria.
Plant physiology - 1 Apr 2001
Jamison D S, Yoder J I
Abstract excerpt
We are using the facultative hemiparasite, Triphysaria, as a model for studying host-parasite signaling in the Scrophulariaceae. Parasitic members of this family form subterranean connections, or haustoria, on neighboring host roots to access host water and nutrients. These parasitic organs develop in response to haustorial-inducing factors contained in host root exudates. A well-characterized inducing factor, 2,...
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