Phytoparasite avoidance: Manipulation of strigolactone exudation, not biosynthesis
Jiahui Xu1, Wenguan Zhou1, Weiqiang Li2*, Lam‐Son Phan Tran3 and Kai Shu1,4*
1. Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Qinling Ecological Intelligent Monitoring and Protection, School of Ecology and Environment, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an 710129, China
2. Jilin Da'an Agro‐ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
3. Department of Plant and Soil Science, Institute of Genomics for Crop Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA
4. Research & Development Institute of Northwestern Polytechnical University in Shenzhen, Shenzhen 518057, China
*Correspondences: Weiqiang Li (liweiqiang@iga.ac.cn); Kai Shu (kshu@nwpu.edu.cn, Dr. Shu is fully responsible for the distribution of all materials associated with this article)
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32470364 and 32370321), the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi (2025JC‐JCQN‐056 and 2024JC‐YBMS‐151), the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2025A1515012749), the Shaanxi Fundamental Science Research Project for Chemistry & Biology (22JHQ054 and 22JHZ007), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (D5000230089).
