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The Role of Diffusible Signals in the Establishment of Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Symbioses

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Part of the book series: Signaling and Communication in Plants ((SIGCOMM,volume 11))

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The roots of at least 80% of all angiosperms are able to engage in symbiotic relationships with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi of the group Glomeromycota in order to derive macro- and micro-nutrients from the environment (Brachmann and Parniske, PLoS Biol 4:e239, 2006). Legume roots also form a unique symbiosis with rhizobia in order to derive fixed nitrogen. The establishment of both of these symbioses depends upon signalling between the plant host and the microorganism, of which a number of diffusible signals are essential. Here we discuss the synthesis and role of these diffusible signals for the establishment of both rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbioses.

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    Silvia Perotto

  2. Botanik (IZMB), Universität Bonn Inst. Zelluläre und Molekulare, Bonn, Germany

    František Baluška

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Miller, J.B., Oldroyd, G.E.D. (2012). The Role of Diffusible Signals in the Establishment of Rhizobial and Mycorrhizal Symbioses. In: Perotto, S., Baluška, F. (eds) Signaling and Communication in Plant Symbiosis. Signaling and Communication in Plants, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20966-6_1

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