Volatile Signaling by Sesquiterpenes from Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Reprograms Root Architecture

February 2015 in “ Nature Communications ”

Franck Anicet Ditengou, Anna Müller, Maaria Rosenkranz, Judith Felten, Hanna Lasok, Maja Miloradovic van Doorn, Valérie Legué, Klaus Palme, Jörg‐Peter Schnitzler, Andrea Polle

volatile organic compounds sesquiterpenes ectomycorrhizal fungi Laccaria bicolor lateral root formation Populus Arabidopsis (-)-thujopsene Cenococcum geophilum root hair length reactive oxygen species plant-fungus interactions VOCs SQTs ROS

Studysummary Fungi-produced compounds can change plant root growth.

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Hypaphorine, an Indole-3-Acetic Acid Antagonist Delivered by the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Pisolithus Tinctorius, Induces Reorganization of Actin and the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Eucalyptus Globulus ssp. Bicostata Root Hairs

research Hypaphorine, an Indole-3-Acetic Acid Antagonist Delivered by the Ectomycorrhizal Fungus Pisolithus Tinctorius, Induces Reorganization of Actin and the Microtubule Cytoskeleton in Eucalyptus Globulus ssp. Bicostata Root Hairs

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