Plastid-derived strigolactones show the way to roots for symbionts and parasites

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Kohki Akiyama et al. New Phytol. 2008.

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. 2008;178(4):695-698.

doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02463.x.

¹ Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences,Osaka Prefecture University,1-1 Gakuencho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan.

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Tomato strigolactones are derived from carotenoids and their biosynthesis is promoted by phosphate starvation.
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