An ancestral function of strigolactones as symbiotic rhizosphere signals
K. Kodama, M. K. Rich, A. Yoda, S. Shimazaki, X. Xie, K. Akiyama, Y. Mizuno, A. Komatsu, Y. Luo, H. Suzuki, H. Kameoka, C. Libourel, J. Keller, K. Sakakibara, T. Nishiyama, , J. Kyozuka
This study identifies BSB, an ancestral strigolactone in bryophytes, which functions as a rhizosphere signal for AM symbiosis and was later co-opted as a plant hormone.
bioRxiv · Aug 20, 2021Plant Biology