TY - JOUR
T1 - The evolution of parasitism in plants
AU - Westwood, James H.
AU - Yoder, John I.
AU - Timko, Michael P.
AU - dePamphilis, Claude W.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by NSF Plant Genome award DBI-0701748 to all authors. Additional support is acknowledged to J.H.W. from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Hatch Project no. 135657), to M.P.T. from the NSF (IBN-0322420) and Kirkhouse Charitable Trust, and to J.I.Y. from NSF (IBN-0236545). We thank the many current and former members of our laboratories for stimulating discussion of topics related to this paper.
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - The multiple independent origins of plant parasitism suggest that numerous ancestral plant lineages possessed the developmental flexibility to meet the requirements of a parasitic life style, including such adaptations as the ability to recognize host plants, form an invasive haustorium, and regulate the transfer of nutrients and other molecules between two different plants. In this review, we focus on the Orobanchaceae, which are unique among the parasitic plants in that extant member species include the full range of host dependence from facultative to obligate parasites. The recent emergence of genomic resources for these plants should provide new insights into parasitic plant evolution and enable the development of novel genetic strategies for controlling parasitic weeds.
AB - The multiple independent origins of plant parasitism suggest that numerous ancestral plant lineages possessed the developmental flexibility to meet the requirements of a parasitic life style, including such adaptations as the ability to recognize host plants, form an invasive haustorium, and regulate the transfer of nutrients and other molecules between two different plants. In this review, we focus on the Orobanchaceae, which are unique among the parasitic plants in that extant member species include the full range of host dependence from facultative to obligate parasites. The recent emergence of genomic resources for these plants should provide new insights into parasitic plant evolution and enable the development of novel genetic strategies for controlling parasitic weeds.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.01.004
DO - 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.01.004
M3 - Review article
C2 - 20153240
AN - SCOPUS:77950519187
SN - 1360-1385
VL - 15
SP - 227
EP - 235
JO - Trends in Plant Science
JF - Trends in Plant Science
IS - 4
ER -