The concentration at which net change in CO2 is 0 defines the CO2 compensation point and reflects the CO2 concentration at which the rate of gross photosynthetic CO2  uptake exactly equals the respiration rate.

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Strigolactones are produced in the plastids from b-carotene by three sequentially acting plastid enzymes

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Strigolactones, which occur in about 80% of plant species, are a group of terpenoid lactones

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D27, a carotenoid isomerase, and CCD7 and CCD8, which are carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases synthesizes strigolactone

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Strigolactones are perceived by a protein complex containing an a-/b-fold hydrolase protein and an F-box protein (D14 and MAX2, respectively)

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Strigolactone promote symbiotic interactions with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, facilitating phosphate uptake from the soil.

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Strigolactones suppress shoot branching and stimulate cambial activity and secondary growth