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- Title
Potential of Karrikins as Novel Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture.
- Authors
Antala, Michal; Sytar, Oksana; Rastogi, Anshu; Brestic, Marian
- Abstract
Karrikins (KARs) have been identified as molecules derived from plant material smoke, which have the capacity to enhance seed germination for a wide range of plant species. However, KARs were observed to not only impact seed germination but also observed to influence several biological processes. The plants defected in the KARs signaling pathway were observed to grow differently with several morphological changes. The observation of KARs as a growth regulator in plants leads to the search for an endogenous KAR-like molecule. Due to its simple genomic structure, Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana L.) helps to understand the signaling mechanism of KARs and phenotypic responses caused by them. However, different species have a different phenotypic response to KARs treatment. Therefore, in the current work, updated information about the KARs effect is presented. Results of research on agricultural and horticultural crops are summarized and compared with the findings of Arabidopsis studies. In this article, we suggested that KARs may be more important in coping with modern problems than one could imagine.
- Subjects
CROPS; PLANT regulators; GERMINATION; ARABIDOPSIS thaliana; AGRICULTURE; PLANT species
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2020, Vol 9, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants9010043