The strigolactone germination stimulants of the plant-parasitic Striga and Orobanche spp. are derived from the carotenoid pathway

Plant Physiology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 920-934

  Matusova, Radoslava ^a,b   Rani, Kumkum ^a   Verstappen, Francel W A ^a   Franssen, Maurice C R ^a   Beale, Michael H ^c   Bouwmeester, Harro J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CROPS; PROTEINS;

BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CAROTENOID PATHWAY; S. HERMONTHICA INFESTATION; STRIGOLACTONE GERMINATION STIMULANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOSYNTHESIS; FARM CROPS; GERMINATION; PROTEINS; SORGHUM;

OROBANCHE; OROBANCHE CRENATA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

ABSCISIC ACID; CAROTENOID; LACTONE; STRIGOL; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OROBANCHE; PHYSIOLOGY; WITCHWEED;

ABSCISIC ACID; CAROTENOIDS; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; LACTONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MUTATION; OROBANCHE; STRIGA; TERPENES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33644647072     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.061382     Document Type: Article

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