Article
Natural variation of rice strigolactone biosynthesis is associated with the deletion of two MAX1 orthologs.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 Feb 2014
Cardoso Catarina, Zhang Yanxia, Jamil Muhammad, Hepworth Jo, Charnikhova Tatsiana, Dimkpa Stanley O N, Meharg Caroline, Wright Mark H, Liu Junwei, Meng Xiangbing, Wang Yonghong, Li Jiayang, McCouch Susan R, Leyser Ottoline, Price Adam H, Bouwmeester Harro J, Ruyter-Spira Carolien
Abstract excerpt
Rice (Oryza sativa) cultivar Azucena--belonging to the Japonica subspecies--exudes high strigolactone (SL) levels and induces high germination of the root parasitic plant Striga hermonthica. Consistent with the fact that SLs also inhibit shoot branching, Azucena is a low-tillering variety. In contrast, Bala, an Indica cultivar, is a low-SL producer, stimulates less Striga germination, and is highly tillered....
Topics
- Chromosomes, Plant
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, Plant
- Genetic Variation
- Lactones
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oryza
- Plant Proteins
- Quantitative Trait Loci