The presence of nodules on legume root systems can alter phenotypic plasticity in response to internal nitrogen independent of nitrogen fixation

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 883-896

  Goh, Chooi Hua ^a   Nicotra, Adrienne B ^b   Mathesius, Ulrike ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lateral root; Medicago sativa (L.); Medicago truncatula (Gaertn.); Nitrogen; Nodule; Phenotypic plasticity; Rhizobia; Root architecture; Trifolium subterraneum (L.)

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CARBON; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HOST-SYMBIONT INTERACTION; LEGUME; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RHIZOBACTERIUM; ROOT SYSTEM; STARVATION; SYMBIOSIS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; RHIZOBIALES; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BARREL MEDIC; CLOVER; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NODULATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOBIUM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

MEDICAGO TRUNCATULA; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT ROOT NODULATION; RHIZOBIUM; ROOT NODULES, PLANT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 84955485457     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12672     Document Type: Article

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