Claim · #6492788
Lotus japonicus · mutualism · Rhizophagus irregularis
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“branching factor from L. japonicus purified and identified as strigolactone”
- Authors
- Smith S.E., Read D.
- Year
- 2008
- Publication
- Academic Press (Elsevier)
- Page
- 107
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“5-deoxy-strigol from Lotus japonicus stimulating AM fungal hyphal branching is well-established (Akiyama et al. 2005); Rhizophagus irregularis is a canonical AM fungus host, direction correct.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“5-deoxy-strigol from Lotus japonicus stimulating AM fungal hyphal branching is well-established; Akiyama et al. 2005 is the landmark study supporting this mechanism.”
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