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We are now at the University of Goettingen where my team and I hunt for genes in parasitic plants that regulate parasite and host fitness. You can also find me on twitter @tomspalk.
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PCP Special Issue on Parasitic Plants

Plant & Cell Physiology (@PCP_EIC), the official journal of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, will publish a special issue on parasitic plants in 2025. Research paper submissions are due by April 25, 2025, and review paper submissions by June 15, 2025. More details can be found here: https://academic.oup.com/pcp/pages/special_list   […]

December 3, 2024
The peptide hormone PjCLE1 stimulates haustorium formation in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum

Phtheirospermum japonicum, like most hemiparasitic species in the Orobanchaceae, forms multiple haustoria along its roots when it detects a nearby host. In this PNAS Brief Report, we present the discovery of an endogenous peptide, PjCLE1, which stimulates protohaustorium formation when applied externally. This makes the 12-amino acid-long PjCLE1 peptide the first identified peptidic haustorium-inducing factor […]

October 12, 2024