Plant Biotic Interactions

Selected Publications



Greifenhagen, A., Ruwe, H., Zimmer, V., Messerschmidt, J., Bhukya, D.P.N., Kenea, H.D., Schaller, A., Spallek, T.# (2024). The peptide hormone PjCLE1 stimulates haustorium formation in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121 (42) e2414582121.

Greifenhagen, A., Braunstein, I., Pfannstiel, J., Yoshida, S., Shirasu, K., Schaller, A., and Spallek, T.# (2021). The Phtheirospermum japonicum isopentenyltransferase PjIPT1a regulates host cytokinin responses in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 224, 1582-1590.

Ogawa, S., Wakatake, T., Spallek, T., Ishida, J.K., Sano, R., Kurata, T., Demura, T., Yoshida, S., Ichihashi Y., Schaller, A., Shirasu, K.# (2021). Subtilase activity in intrusive cells mediates haustorium maturation in parasitic plants. Plant Physiology 185, 1381-1394.

Brun, G., Spallek, T., Simier, P., and Delavault, P.# (2020). Molecular actors of seed germination and haustoriogenesis in parasitic weeds. Plant Physiology 185, 1270-1281.

Yoshida S., Kim S., Wafula E. K., Tanskanen J., Kim Y., Honaas L., Yang Z., Spallek T., Conn C. E., Ichihashi Y., Cheong K., Cui S., Der J. P., Gundlach H., Jiao Y., Hori C., Ishida J. K., Kasahara H., Kiba T., Kim M., Koo N., Laohavisit A., Lee Y., Lumba S., McCourt P., Mortimer J. C., Mutuku J. M., Nomura T., Sasaki-Sekimoto Y., Seto Y., Wang Y., Wakatake T., Sakakibara H., Demura T., Yamaguchi S., Yoneyama K., Manabe R., Nelson D. C., Schulman A. H., Timko M. P., dePamphilis C. W., Choi D., Shirasu K.# (2019). Genome sequence of Striga asiatica provides insight into the evolution of plant parasitism. Current Biology 29, 3041-3052.

Spallek T.#, Gan P., Kadota Y., Shirasu K.# (2018). Same tune, different song — cytokinins as virulence factors in plant–pathogen interactions? Current Opinion in Plant Biology 44: 82–87.

Spallek, T.#, Melnyk, C.W., Wakatake, T., Zhang, J., Sakamoto, Y., Kiba, T., Yoshida, S., Matsunaga, S., Sakakibara, H., and Shirasu, K.# (2017). Interspecies hormonal control of host root morphology by parasitic plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114, 5283–5288.

Spallek T., Mutuku M., Shirasu K.# (2013). The genus Striga: a witch profile. Molecular Plant Pathology 14, 861 - 869.