Genetic variation in pea (Pisum sativum L.) demonstrates the importance of root but not shoot C/N ratios in the control of plant morphology and reveals a unique relationship between shoot length and nodulation intensity

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1256-1268

  Ludidi, Ndiko N ^a,d   Pellny, Till K ^a   Kiddle, Guy ^a   Dutilleul, Christelle ^a,e   Groten, Karin ^a,f   Van Heerden, Philippus D R ^a,g   Dutt, Som ^a,h   Powers, Stephen J ^a   Römer, Peter ^b   Foyer, Christine H ^a,c  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Südwestsaat GbR ^*  (Germany)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^g NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon nitrogen interactions; Gibberellins; Grain legumes; Natural genetic variation; Shoot root ratios; Stem length

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

CARBON; CULTIVAR; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HORMONE; LEGUME; MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOMASS; SHOOT GROWTH;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NODULATION; ORGAN SIZE; PEA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CARBON; FLOWERS; GENOTYPE; NITROGEN; ORGAN SIZE; PEAS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANT STEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 34548163136     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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