Strigolactone analogues induce suicidal seed germination of Striga spp. in soil

Weed Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-203

  Kgosi, R L ^a,b   Zwanenburg, B ^c   Mwakaboko, A S ^c,d   Murdoch, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Animal Production   (Botswana)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Germination stimulants; Pot experiment; Striga asiatica; Striga hermonthica; Strigolactone analogues; Suicidal germination

Indexed keywords

AGROCHEMICAL; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CEREAL; DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GERMINATION; HORMONE; HOST PLANT; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITIC PLANT; PERSISTENCE; SEED; SEED BANK; SOIL AMENDMENT; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA;

STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA;

EID: 84860432019     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3180.2012.00912.x     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Akiyama K, Ogasawar S, Ito S & Hayashi H (2010) Structural requirements of strigolactones for hyphal branching in AM fungi. Plant & Cell Physiology 51, 1104-1117.
2. Babiker AGT & Hamdoun AM (1982) Factors affecting the activity of GR 7 in stimulating germination of Striga hermonthica (Del) Benth. Weed Research 22, 111-115.
3. Babiker AGT, Hamdoun AM, Rudwan A, Mansi NG & Faki HH (1987) Influence of soil moisture on activity and persistence of the strigol analogue GR 24. Weed Research 27, 173-178.
4. Babiker AGT, Ibrahim NE & Edwards WG (1988) Persistence of GR 7 and Striga germination stimulant(s) from Euphorbia aegyptiaca Boiss. in soils and in solutions. Weed Research 28, 1-6.
5. Dzomeku IK & Murdoch AJ (2007) Effects of prolonged conditioning on dormancy and germination of Striga hermonthica. Journal of Agronomy 6, 29-36.
6. Ejeta G (2007) The Striga scourge in Africa: a growing problem in integrating new technologies for Striga control. In: Toward Ending the Witch-Hunt (eds G Ejeta & J Gressel), 3-16. World Scientific Publishing Co, Hackensack, New Jersey.
7. Eplee RE & Norris RS (1987) Chemical control of Striga. In: Parasitic Weeds in Agriculture. Vol 1. Striga (ed LJ Musselman), 173-182. CRC Press, Baca Raton, Fl, USA.
8. Fernandez-Aparicio M, Yoneyama K & Rubiales D (2011) The role of strigolactones in host specificity of Orobanche and Phelipanche seed germination. Seed Science Research 21, 55-61.
9. Hassanali A. (1984) Strigol analogues: synthetic achievements and prospects. In: Striga Biology and Control (eds ES Ayensu, H Doggett, RD Keynes, J Manton Lefevre, LJ Musselman, C Parker & A Pickery), 125-132. ICSU Press, Paris.
10. Hauck C, Müller S & Schildknecht H (1992) A germination stimulant for parasitic flowering plants from Sorghum bicolor, a genuine host plant. Journal of Plant Physiology 139, 474-478.
11. Joel DM, Steffens JC & Mathews DE (1995) Germination of weedy root parasites. In: Seed Development and Germination (eds J Kigel & G Galili), 567-598. G. Marcel Dekker, New York, USA.
12. Johnson AW, Roseberry G & Parker C (1976) A novel approach to Striga and Orobanche control using synthetic germination stimulants. Weed Research 16, 223-227.
13. Johnson AW, Gowda G, Hassanali A et al. (1981) The preparation of synthetic analogues of strigol. Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions I, 173, 4-1743.
14. Mangnus EM & Zwanenburg B (1992) Tentative molecular mechanism for germination stimulation of Striga and Orobanche seeds by strigol and its synthetic analogues. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 40, 1066-1070.
15. Mangnus EM, Stommen PLA & Zwanenburg B (1992a) A standardized bioassay for evaluation of potential germination stimulants for seeds of parasitic weeds. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 11, 91-98.
16. Mangnus EM, Vliet van LA, Vandenput DAL & Zwanenburg B (1992b) Structural modifications of strigol analogs. Influence of the B and C rings on the bioactivity of the germination stimulant GR 24. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 40, 1222-1229.
17. Mangnus EM, Dommerholt FJ, Jong de RLP & Zwanenburg B (1992c) Improved synthesis of strigol analogue GR24 and evaluation of the bioactivity of its diastereomers. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry 40, 1230-1235.
18. Murdoch A (1982) Factors Influencing the Depletion of Annual Weed Seeds in the Soil. PhD. Thesis, University of Reading, UK.
19. Mwakaboko AS & Zwanenburg B (2011a) Strigolactone analogues derived from ketones using a working model for germinations as a blueprint. Plant and Cell Physiology 52, 699-715.
20. Mwakaboko AS & Zwanenburg B (2011b) Single step synthesis of strigolactone analogues from cyclic keto enols, germination stimulants for seeds of parasitic weeds. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry 19, 506-5011.
21. Nefkens GHL, Thuring JWJF, Beenakkers MFM & Zwanenburb B (1997) Synthesis of a phthaloylglycine-derived strigol analogue and its germination stimulatory activity towards seeds of the parasitic weeds Striga hermonthica and Orobanche crenata. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry 45, 2273-2277.
22. Parker C (1994) The present state of the Orobanche problem. In: Biology and Management, Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Orobanche and Related Striga Research (eds AH Pieterse, JAC Verkleij & SJ Ter Borg), 17-26. Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
23. Parker C (2009) Observations on the current status of Orobanche and Striga problems worldwide. Pest Management Science 65, 453-459.
24. Parker C & Riches CR (1993) Parasitic Weeds of the World, Biology and Control, 63-64, 150-151. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK.
25. Reizelman A, Scheren M, Nefkens GHL & Zwanenburg B (2000) Synthesis of all eight stereoisomers of the germination stimulant strigol. Synthesis (Issue 13), 1944-1955.
26. Rubiales D, Pérez-De-Luque A, Cubero JI & Sillero JC (2003) Crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata) infection in field pea cultivars. Crop Protection 22, 865-872.
27. Rubiales D, Fernández-Aparicio M, Wegmann K & Joel DM (2009a) Revisiting strategies for reducing the seed bank of Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.. Weed Research, 49 (Suppl), 23-33.
28. Rubiales D, Fernández-Aparicio M, Pérez-De-Luque A et al. (2009b) Breeding approaches to crenate broomrape (Orobanche crenata Forsk) management in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Pest Management Science 65, 553-559.
29. Saghir AR (1986) Dormancy and germination of Orobanche seeds in relation to control methods. In: Biology and Control of Orobanche (ed SJ Ter Borg), 25-34. Wageningen, The Netherlands.
30. Siame BK, Wood K, Ejeta G, Weerasuriya Y & Butler LG (1993) Isolation of strigol, a germination stimulant for Striga asiatica from host plants. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry 41, 1486-1491.
31. Song WJ, Zhou WJ, Jin ZL et al. (2006) Growth regulators restore germination of Orobanche seeds that are conditioned under water stress and suboptimal temperature. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 57, 1195-1201.
32. Sugimoto Y, Wigchert SCM, Thuring JWJF & Zwanenburg B (1998) Synthesis of all eight stereoisomers of the germination stimulant sorgolactone. Journal of Organic Chemistry 64, 1259-1267.
33. Thuring JWJF, Bitter HH, Kok de M, Nefkens GHL, van Riel AMDA & Zwanenburg B (1997) N-Phthaloylglycine-derived strigol analogues. Influence of the D-ring on seed germination activity of the parasitic weeds Striga hermonthica and Orobanche crenata. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 45, 2284-2290.
34. Wigchert SCM, Kuiper E, Boelhouwer GJ, Nefkens GHL, Verkleij JAC & Zwanenburg B (1999) Dose-response of seeds of the parasitic weeds, Striga and Orobanche toward the synthetic germination stimulants GR 24 and Nijmegen-1. Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry 47, 1705-1710.
35. Xie X, Yoneyama K & Yoneyama K (2010) The strigolactone story. Annual Reviews in Phytopathology 48, 93-117.
36. Yoneyama K, Xie X, Yoneyama K & Takeuchi Y (2009) Strigolactones: structures and biological activities. Pest Management Science 65, 467-470.
37. Yoneyama K, Awad AA, Xie X, Yoneyama K & Takeuchi Y (2010) Strigolactones as germinating stimulants for root parasitic plants. Plant & Cell Physiology 51, 1095-1103.
38. Zwanenburg B, Mwakaboko AS, Reizelman A, Anilkumar G & Sethumadhavan D (2009) Structure and function of natural and synthetic signalling molecules in parasitic weed germination. Pest Management Science 65, 478-491.