Un marco integrado para dilucidar los mecanismos subyacentes a la infección por jopo ramificado

M Gouran1, M S DeClarin1, S M Brady1,2,3

  • 1Department of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis, 95616  USA.

Plant & cell physiology
|December 12, 2025
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron nuevos métodos para estudiar cómo las plantas de tomate resisten el jopo ramificado (Phelipanche ramosa). Se descubrió que un gen clave del tomate, SlSCZ, desencadena la acumulación de lignina, un mecanismo de defensa contra esta maleza parásita.

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