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An active factor from tomato root exudates plays an important role in efficient establishment of mycorrhizal symbiosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Sun Shubin, Wang Jingjing, Zhu Lingling, Liao Dehua, Gu Mian, Ren Lixuan, Kapulnik Yoram, Xu Guohua
Abstract excerpt
Root exudates play an important role in the early signal exchange between host plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. M161, a pre-mycorrhizal infection (pmi) mutant of the tomoto (Solanum lycopersicum) cultivar Micro-Tom, fails to establish normal arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, and produces exudates that are unable to stimulate hyphal growth and branching of Glomus intraradices. Here, we report the...
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