Strigolactones

Evaluation and Quantification of Natural Strigolactones from Root Exudates.- Isolation and Identification of Naturally Occurring Strigolactones.- Chemical Synthesis of Triazole-Derived Suppressors of Strigolactone Functions.- Synthesis of Simple Strigolactone Mimics.- Synthesis of Strigolctones Analogues and Evaluation of their Stability in Solution.- Strigolactone-like Bioactivity Via Parasitic Plant Germination Bioassay.- Evaluation of the Effect of Strigolactones and Synthetic Analogues On Fungi.- Analysing the Effect of Strigolactones on the Motility Behaviour of Rhizobia.- Chemotropic Assay for Testing Fungal Response to Strigolactones and Strigolactone-Like Compounds.- Methods for Phenotyping Shoot Branching and Testing Strigolactone Bioactivity for Shoot Branching in Arabidopsis and Pea.- Bioassays for the Effects of Strigolactones and Other Small Molecules on Root and Root Hair Development.- Methods for Medium-Scale Study of the Biological Effects of Strigolactone-Like Molecules on the Moss Physcomitrella patens.- Controlled Assays for Phenotyping the Effects of Strigolactone-like Molecules on Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Development.- Application of Strigolactones to Plant Roots to Influence the Formation of Symbioses.- Evaluation of the Bioactivity Oof Strigolactone-Related Molecules by a Quantitative Luminometer Bioassay.- A Protoplast-based Bioassay to Quantify Strigolactone Activity in Arabidopsis using StrigoQuant.- Synthesis of Profluorescent Strigolactone Probes for Biochemical Studies.- The use of Differential Scanning Fluorimetry to Assess Strigolactone Receptor Function.- Structural Analysis of Strigolactone-Related Gene Products.