Parasitic weeds cause severe damage to important agricultural crops. Although some
promising control methods against these parasitic plants have been developed, new strategies …

Most legumes can form a unique type of lateral organ on their roots: root nodules. These
structures host symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria called rhizobia. Several different types of …

In this study, the role of the recently identified class of phytohormones, strigolactones, in
shaping root architecture was addressed. Primary root lengths of strigolactone-deficient and -…

Strigolactones were originally identified as stimulators of the germination of root-parasitic
weeds 1 that pose a serious threat to resource-limited agriculture 2 . They are mostly exuded …

The biosynthesis of the recently identified novel class of plant hormones, strigolactones, is
up-regulated upon phosphate deficiency in many plant species. It is generally accepted that …

• Strigolactones are rhizosphere signalling compounds that mediate host location in arbuscular
mycorrhizal (AM) fungi and parasitic plants. Here, the regulation of the biosynthesis of …

Legume GRAS (GAI, RGA, SCR)-type transcription factors NODULATION SIGNALING
PATHWAY1 (NSP1) and NSP2 are essential for rhizobium Nod factor-induced nodulation. Both …

INTRODUCTION Access to nutrients such as nitrogen is required for plant growth. Legumes
and nine additional plant families benefit from the nitrogen-fixing root nodule (NFN) …

Nodules harboring nitrogen-fixing rhizobia are a well-known trait of legumes, but nodules also
occur in other plant lineages, with rhizobia or the actinomycete Frankia as microsymbiont. …

… In agreement with this, the concentration of orobanchol in the xylem sap of Arabidopsis is
elevated under phosphate deficiency (Kohlen et al., 2011a). This could explain why …