Flavonoids and strigolactones in root exudates as signals in symbiotic and pathogenic plant-fungus interactions

Molecules

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1290-1306

  Steinkellner, Siegrid ^a   Lendzemo, Venasius ^b   Langer, Ingrid ^a   Schweiger, Peter ^a   Khaosaad, Thanasan ^a   Toussaint, Jean Patrick ^c   Vierheilig, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Flavonoids; Fusarium; Orobanche; Root exudates; Signaling; Striga; Strigolactones

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; LACTONE; PLANT EXUDATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS;

FLAVONOIDS; FUNGI; LACTONES; PLANT EXUDATES; PLANT ROOTS; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 34547641010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/12071290     Document Type: Review

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