Costunolide Influences Germ Tube Orientation in Sunflower Broomrape – A First Step Toward Understanding Chemotropism

Costunolide Influences Germ Tube Orientation in Sunflower Broomrape – A First Step Toward Understanding Chemotropism

Orobanche cumana WALLR. is a host-specific root parasite of cultivated sunflowers with increasing economic importance in Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. While sesquiterpene lactones (STLs) released from sunflower roots were identified as natural germination stimulants of O. cumana seeds in...

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Main Authors: Anna Krupp, Barbara Bertsch, Otmar Spring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Orobanche cumana
Helianthus annuus
plant growth
parasitic plant
seed germination
sesquiterpene lactones
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2021.699068/full

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