Stereospecificity in strigolactone biosynthesis and perception

GR Flematti, A Scaffidi, MT Waters, SM Smith - Planta, 2016 - Springer
Main conclusion Plants produce strigolactones with different structures and different
stereospecificities which provides the potential for diversity and flexibility of function …

Strategies for the synthesis of canonical, non-canonical and analogues of strigolactones, and evaluation of their parasitic weed germination activity

JG Zorrilla, C Rial, RM Varela, JMG Molinillo… - Phytochemistry …, 2022 - Springer
Strigolactones (SLs) are natural products with promising applications as agrochemicals to
prevent infestation with parasitic weeds due to their ability to trigger seed germination …

Seed germination in parasitic plants: what insights can we expect from strigolactone research?

G Brun, L Braem, S Thoiron, K Gevaert… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Obligate root-parasitic plants belonging to the Orobanchaceae family are deadly pests for
major crops all over the world. Because these heterotrophic plants severely damage their …

Strigolactone derivatives for potential crop enhancement applications

C Screpanti, R Fonné-Pfister, A Lumbroso… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2016 - Elsevier
New technologies able to mitigate the main abiotic stresses (ie, drought, salinity, cold and
heat) represent a substantial opportunity to contribute to a sustainable increase of …

Recent research progress in combatting root parasitic weeds

H Samejima, Y Sugimoto - Biotechnology & Biotechnological …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The obligate root parasitic Orobanchaceae plants Striga, Orobanche and Phelipanche spp.
parasitize economically important crops, vegetables and oil plants. They are the most …

StrigoQuant: a genetically encoded biosensor for quantifying strigolactone activity and specificity

SL Samodelov, HM Beyer, X Guo, M Augustin… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Strigolactones are key regulators of plant development and interaction with symbiotic fungi;
however, quantitative tools for strigolactone signaling analysis are lacking. We introduce a …

The elusive ligand complexes of the DWARF14 strigolactone receptor

GH Carlsson, D Hasse, F Cardinale… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Strigolactones, a group of terpenoid lactones, control many aspects of plant growth and
development, but the active forms of these plant hormones and their mode of action at the …

From synthetic control to natural products: a focus on N‐heterocycles

C Prandi, EG Occhiato - Pest management science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Natural products containing a N‐heterocycle motif are widespread in nature and medicinal
plants, in particular, have proved to be a source of almost unlimited N‐derived structures …

Efficiency and bioavailability of new synthetic strigolactone mimics with potential for sustainable agronomical applications

L Borghi, C Screpanti, A Lumbroso, M Lachia, C Gübeli… - Plant and Soil, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) play important roles in agriculture because of
their ability to improve plant resilience against abiotic and biotic stresses. AMF as a …

The role of strigolactones during plant interactions with the pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum

E Foo, SN Blake, BJ Fisher, JA Smith, JB Reid - Planta, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Main conclusion Strigolactones (SLs) do not influence spore germination or hyphal
growth of Fusarium oxysporum. Mutant studies revealed no role for SLs but a role for …