Journal
PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR
Volume 7, Issue 6, Pages 694-697Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/psb.20224
Keywords
strigolactone; cutting propagation; fluridone; pea
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- Australian Postgraduate Award
- Queensland International Fellowships (DEEDI)
- FP7 Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowships
- ARC Discovery Grants Scheme
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Roots that form from non-root tissues (adventitious roots) are crucial for cutting propagation in the forestry and horticulture industries. Strigolactone has been demonstrated to be an important regulator of these roots in both Arabidopsis and pea using strigolactone deficient mutants and exogenous hormone applications. Strigolactones are produced from a carotenoid precursor which can be blocked using the widely available but broad terpenoid biosynthesis blocker, fluridone. We demonstrate here that fluridone can be used to promote adventitious rooting in the model species Pisum sativum (pea). In addition, in the garden species Plumbago auriculata and Jasminium polyanthum fluridone was equally as successful at promoting roots as a commercial rooting compound containing NAA and IBA. Our findings demonstrate that inhibition of strigolactone signaling has the potential to be used to improve adventitious rooting in commercially relevant species.
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