Open AccessPea Has Its Tendrils in Branching Discoveries Spanning a Century from Auxin to Strigolactones
Author(s) -
Christine A. Beveridge,
Elizabeth A. Dun,
Catherine Rameau
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
plant physiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.554
H-Index - 312
eISSN - 1532-2548
pISSN - 0032-0889
DOI - 10.1104/pp.109.143909
Subject(s) - auxin , tendril , cytokinin , branching (polymer chemistry) , botany , biology , hormone , shoot , chemistry , biochemistry , gene , organic chemistry
Shoot branching was one of the first developmental processes found to be controlled by plant hormones including auxin and cytokinin ([Dun et al., 2009][1]). Later, a novel branching hormone was proposed ([Fig. 1][2] ), and recently strigolactones were discovered as this hormone ([Gomez-Roldan et al
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