Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants

Satoshi Ogawa; Songkui Cui; Alexandra R. F. White; David C. Nelson; Satoko Yoshida; Ken Shirasu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32314-z

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants

Satoshi Ogawa,
Songkui Cui,
Alexandra R. F. White,
David C. Nelson,
Satoko Yoshida,
Ken Shirasu

Affiliations

Satoshi Ogawa: RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Songkui Cui: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Alexandra R. F. White: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California
David C. Nelson: Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California
Satoko Yoshida: Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Ken Shirasu: RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32314-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Parasitic plants are able to grow towards potential hosts. Here the authors show that strigolactones produced by the host plants can act as chemoattractants for the root parasites Phtheirospermum japonicum and Striga hermonthica.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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