Response of root branching to abscisic acid is correlated with nodule formation both in legumes and nonlegumes

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1675-1683

  Liang, Yan ^a   Harris, Jeanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Actinorhizal; Arabidopsis thaliana; Fabaceae; Lateral root; Medicago truncatula; Nodulation; Rhizobium

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CASUARINA GLAUCA; CERCIS; CERCIS OCCIDENTALIS; CHAMAECRISTA; CHAMAECRISTA FASCICULATA; EMBRYOPHYTA; FABACEAE; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 26444610663     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: 00029122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.10.1675     Document Type: Article

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