Unexpectedly low nitrogen acquisition and absence of root architecture adaptation to nitrate supply in a Medicago truncatula highly branched root mutant

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2365-2380

  Bourion, Virginie ^a   Martin, Chantal ^a   De Larambergue, Henri ^a   Jacquin, Françoise ^a   Aubert, Grégoire ^a   Martin Magniette, Marie Laure ^b,c,d,e   Balzergue, Sandrine ^c,d,e   Lescure, Geoffroy ^f   Citerne, Sylvie ^f   Lepetit, Marc ^g   Munier Jolain, Nathalie ^a   Salon, Christophe ^a   Duc, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIV BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b AgroParisTech   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^g INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acids; highly branched root mutant; Medicago truncatula; nitrogen acquisition; nitrogen limitation; phenylpropanoid; root architecture

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BARREL MEDIC; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT ROOT;

AMINO ACIDS; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84901391752     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru124     Document Type: Article

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