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The discovery of a protein that is targeted for degradation by the 'witch' hormones called strigolactones reveals a mechanism by which shoot architecture is controlled in rice plants. See Articles p.401 & p.406

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Figure 1: Repression of secondary-shoot growth by strigolactones.

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  1. Steven M. Smith is at the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, and the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia.,

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Smith, S. Witchcraft and destruction. Nature 504, 384–385 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12843

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