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Abscisic acid determines arbuscule development and functionality in the tomato arbuscular mycorrhiza.
The New phytologist - 1 Jan 2007
Herrera-Medina María José, Steinkellner Siegrid, Vierheilig Horst, Ocampo Bote Juan Antonio, García Garrido José Manuel
Abstract excerpt
The role of abscisic acid (ABA) during the establishment of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) was studied using ABA sitiens tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) mutants with reduced ABA concentrations. Sitiens plants and wild-type (WT) plants were colonized by Glomus intraradices. Trypan blue and alkaline phosphatase histochemical staining procedures were used to determine both root colonization and fungal efficiency....
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