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Rouhallah Sharifi1, Jianping Chen2, Zongtao Sun2
1Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.
Trends in Parasitology
|May 12, 2023
Abstract:
Strigolactones from the exudates of maize root induce germination of the parasitic witchweed Striga. Recently, Li et al. characterized the biosynthesis pathway of two strigolactones, zealactol and zealactonoic acid, which induce less Striga germination than the major maize strigolactone, zealactone. This study provides a promising strategy for plant protection against parasitic witchweed.

