Unraveling the potential of the strigolactones-NSP1/NSP2 friendship in crop improvement

Mariel C Isidra-Arellano; Jawahar Singh; Oswaldo Valdés-López

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2023.12.012

Unraveling the potential of the strigolactones-NSP1/NSP2 friendship in crop improvement

Trends Plant Sci. 2023 Dec 28:S1360-1385(23)00397-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.12.012. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Mariel C Isidra-Arellano¹, Jawahar Singh², Oswaldo Valdés-López³

Affiliations

¹ Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, TW9 3AE, UK.
² University of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory (SLCU), Cambridge, UK.
³ Laboratorio de Genómica Funcional de Leguminosas, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tlalnepantla 54090, México. Electronic address: oswaldovaldesl@unam.mx.

PMID: 38158302
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2023.12.012

Abstract

Strigolactones (SLs) are fundamental to the ability of plants to cope with phosphate deficiency. A recent study by Yuan et al. indicates that the genetic module PHR2/NSP1/NSP2 is crucial in activating SL biosynthesis and signaling under inorganic phosphate (Pi) deficiency. Furthermore, this genetic module is essential for improving Pi and nitrogen homeostasis in rice.

Keywords: Phosphate Starvation Response 2 (PHR2); phosphate deficiency; phosphate use efficiency (PUE); phosphorus–nitrogen balance; rice.