The ability to smell smoke is important if you're expecting a fire - but some plants have altered how they use this sense to modify how they grow.
Tag - strigolactones
Dale Maylea
Strigolactones, brassinosteroids and autoregulation of nodulation
An investigation of interactions between the AON system and two hormones recently shown to promote nodulation, strigolactones and brassinosteroids.
botanyone
Regulation of root morphogenesis in arbuscular mycorrhizae (Review)
Increased root branching is recognized as a general feature of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) roots, but a full understanding of the mechanisms involved is still lacking. Fusconi reviews the subject and concludes that...
Plant hormones in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses (Research in Context)
Although >80% of species form arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses, the roles of plant hormones in the associations are still being determined. Foo et al. critically review recent progress in our understanding of the...
