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PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
Volume 48, Issue 3, Pages 221-227Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-006-0009-3
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5-deoxy-strigol; germination stimulant; poaceae; root parasitic plant; sorghumol; strigol
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The germination stimulants for root parasitic plants Striga and Orobanche produced by sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench), maize (Zea mays L.), and pearl millet (Pennisetum typhoideum Rich.) were examined. Characterization of strigolactones in the root exudates from the plants grown hydroponically was conducted by comparing retention times of germination stimulants on reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with those of synthetic standards, and by using HPLC linked with tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). All the plants tested, except for a sorghum cultivar Swarna, were found to exude two major stimulants, 5-deoxy-strigol, which is known as a branching factor for arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi, and an isomer of strigol, tentatively named sorghumol. Swarna was found to exude 5-deoxy-strigol and strigol. These results imply that 5-deoxy-strigol is one of major germination stimulants of gramineous plants and that major stimulants may differ even among cultivars within the same species.
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