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Root starch accumulation in response to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization differs among Lotus japonicus starch mutants.
Planta - 1 Sept 2011
Gutjahr Caroline, Novero Mara, Welham Tracey, Wang Trevor, Bonfante Paola
Abstract excerpt
Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are obligate symbionts dependent for completion of their life cycle on plant carbohydrates, which they trade for mineral nutrients. Plant colonization by AM fungi is therefore expected to induce profound changes in plant carbon metabolism. We have previously observed that on one hand starch accumulation increases in responses to pre-symbiotic fungal signals and on the other hand,...
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