Abstract
Chemotropism refers to the directional growth of a living organism toward a chemical stimulus. Molecular mechanisms underlying chemotropism of fungal pathogens have recently been enabled by advancements in biological chemotropic assays, with a particular focus on the roles of G-protein-coupled receptors and their plant-derived ligands in chemotropism. Here we describe in detail an assay that enables quantification of chemotropic responses of Fusarium graminearum, with variations recently reported for Fusarium oxysporum and Trichoderma atroviride.
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Sridhar, P.S., Sharma, T., Loewen, M.C. (2023). Selective Quantification of Chemotropic Responses of Fusarium graminearum. In: Foroud, N.A., Neilson, J.A.D. (eds) Plant-Pathogen Interactions. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2659. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3159-1_5
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