Open AccessStrigolactones: Chemical Signals for Fungal Symbionts and Parasitic Weeds in Plant Roots
Author(s) -
Kohki Akiyama,
Hideo Hayashi
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
annals of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 1095-8290
pISSN - 0305-7364
DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcl063
Subject(s) - biology , arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi , germination , arbuscular mycorrhizal , botany , parasitic plant , host (biology) , symbiosis , glomeromycota , mycorrhizal fungi , agronomy , ecology , inoculation , horticulture , bacteria , genetics
Arbuscular mycorrhizae are formed between >80 % of land plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. This Botanical Briefing highlights the chemical identification of strigolactones as a host-recognition signal for AM fungi, and their role in the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizae as well as in the seed germination of parasitic weeds.
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