The plant growth promoting substance, lumichrome, mimics starch and ethylene-associated symbiotic responses in lotus and tomato roots

Symbiosis involves responses that maintain the plant host and symbiotic partner’s genetic program; yet these cues are far from elucidated. Here we describe the effects of lumichrome, a flavin identified from Rhizobium spp., applied to lotus (Lotus japonicus) and tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Combin...

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Main Authors: Liezel eGouws, Eileen eBotes, Anna Johanna Wiese, Sandra eTrenkamp, Ivone eTorres-Jerez, Yuhong eTang, Paul Norman Hills, Bjoern eUsadel, James Richard Lloyd, Alisdair eFernie, Jens eKossmann, Margaretha Johanna Van Der Merwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpls.2012.00120/full