Abstract
Secondary xylem (wood) accounts for a large proportion of the terrestrial biomass. Understanding how secondary xylem develops and proliferates is a challenge to enhance our capacities for biomass production. Recent reports revealed that the plant hormone strigolactone is key for the development of secondary xylem. Here, I describe a protocol for strigolactone-mediated stimulation of secondary xylem proliferation in stems. The protocol has been tested in Arabidopsis and Eucalyptus and can be adjusted to other species.
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Agusti, J. (2017). Strigolactone-mediated Stimulation of Secondary Xylem Proliferation in Stems. In: de Lucas, M., Etchhells, J. (eds) Xylem. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1544. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-6722-3_2
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