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Arabidopsis thaliana susceptibility to Orobanche spp.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Yaakov Goldwasser ,
Dina Plakhine  and
John I. Yoder
Dina Plakhine
Affiliation:
A.R.O., Department of Weed Research, Newe Ya'ar Research Center, P.O. Box 1021, Ramat Yishay 30095, Israel
John I. Yoder
Affiliation:
Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
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Abstract

Parasitic plants, including the root holoparasites Orobanche spp., cause devastating damage to crops worldwide. Arabidopsis thaliana is widely used as an amenable model plant system to study host–pathogen interactions. Understanding the molecular basis involved in host–parasite interactions will provide practical tools for the detection of genes responsible for incompatibility and resistance responses. In preliminary petri dish experiments, A. thaliana induced seed germination of O. aegyptiaca, O. minor, and O. ramosa at the rate of 87, 72, and 67% of maximum seed germination, respectively. Arabidopsis thaliana induction of O. crenata and O. cumana seeds was negligible (less than 2% of maximum germination). In additional polyethylene bag studies, A. thaliana was parasitized by O. aegyptiaca, O. ramosa, and O. minor resulting in 12, 5, and 2 parasites per host plant, respectively. The results facilitate the use of A. thaliana in host-parasitic plant interaction research.

Keywords

Orobanche aegyptiaca Pers. ORAAE, Egyptian broomrapeOrobanche crenata Forsk. ORACR, crenate broomrapeOrobanche cumana = Orobanche cernua Loefl. ORACE, nodding broomrapeOrobanche minor Sm. ORAMI, small broomrapeOrobanche ramosa L. ORARA, branched broomrapeArabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. ARBTH ‘Columbia’, mouse-ear cressParasitic plantsparasite–host interactionseed germinationsusceptibilityARBTHORAAEORACRORAMIORARA
Type
Research Article
Information
Weed Science , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , June 2000 , pp. 342 - 346
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Copyright © Weed Science Society of America 

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