strigolactone

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  Any of a family of terpenoid lactones that stimulate germination in parasitic plants of the genus, and that inhibit shoot branching.
 * 2) * 2004, Christine A. Beveridge, Catherine Rameau, E2A: Strigolactones: The New Class of Branching Hormones, Peter J. Davies (editor), Plant Hormones: Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction, Action!, page 513,
 * Orthologous strigolactone response mutants (max2/ore9 in Arabidopsis, rms4 in pea, d3 in rice) have been of major value to demonstrate the specificity of action of strigolactones (13, 22).

Related terms

 * strigol