Strigolactones as Part of the Plant Defence System.
Strigolactones (SLs) are plant hormones, described as regulators of plant growth and development. Recently, it was proposed that these hormones might also be involved in the biotic stress response. However, SLs do not have a universal role in plant protection, instead only playing a part in resistance to specific pathogens.
Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland D-06466, Germany; Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia, Katowice 40-032, Poland. Electronic address: marek.marzec@us.edu.pl.
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D007783:Lactones / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*; D010944:Plants / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
D007783:Lactones; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators
biotic stress; plant resistance; strigolactones