Nature Communications (May 2022)

Nitrogen represses haustoria formation through abscisic acid in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum

  • Anna Kokla,
  • Martina Leso,
  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Jan Simura,
  • Phanu T. Serivichyaswat,
  • Songkui Cui,
  • Karin Ljung,
  • Satoko Yoshida,
  • Charles W. Melnyk

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30550-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Parasitic plants obtain nutrients from their hosts. Here the authors show that nitrogen sufficiency suppresses parasitism in the root parasite Phtheirospermum japonicum by increasing levels of the phytohormone ABA suggesting that the degree of parasitism is regulated by nutrient availability.