From lateral root density to nodule number, the strigolactone analogue GR24 shapes the root architecture of Medicago truncatula

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 137-146

  De Cuyper, Carolien ^a,b   Fromentin, Justine ^a,b,c,d   Yocgo, Rosita Endah ^c   De Keyser, Annick ^a,b   Guillotin, Bruno ^a,b   Kunert, Karl ^e   Boyer, François Didier ^c,f,g   Goormachtig, Sofie ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ENOD11; Ethylene; GR24; Medicago truncatula; Nodulation; Root architecture

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

FUSED HETEROCYCLIC RINGS; GR24 STRIGOLACTONE; LACTONE;

BARREL MEDIC; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT;

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS, 3-RING; LACTONES; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; PLANT ROOTS;

EID: 84922511864     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru404     Document Type: Article

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