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Strigolactones are transported through the xylem and play a key role in shoot architectural response to phosphate deficiency in nonarbuscular mycorrhizal host Arabidopsis.
Plant physiology - 1 Feb 2011
Kohlen Wouter, Charnikhova Tatsiana, Liu Qing, Bours Ralph, Domagalska Malgorzata A, Beguerie Sebastien, Verstappen Francel, Leyser Ottoline, Bouwmeester Harro, Ruyter-Spira Carolien
Abstract excerpt
The biosynthesis of the recently identified novel class of plant hormones, strigolactones, is up-regulated upon phosphate deficiency in many plant species. It is generally accepted that the evolutionary origin of strigolactone up-regulation is their function as a rhizosphere signal that stimulates hyphal branching of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. In this work, we demonstrate that this induction is conserved in...
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