Article
Partner choice in Medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium symbiosis.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Jul 2010
Gubry-Rangin Cécile, Garcia Marjorie, Béna Gilles
Abstract excerpt
In nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, plant sanctions against ineffective bacteria have been demonstrated in previous studies performed on soybean and yellow bush lupin, both developing determinate nodules with Bradyrhizobium sp. strains. In this study, we focused on the widely studied symbiotic association Medicago truncatula-Sinorhizobium meliloti, which forms indeterminate nodules. Using two strains isolated from the...
Topics
- Medicago truncatula
- Nitrogen Fixation
- Phenotype
- Plant Roots
- Root Nodules, Plant
- Signal Transduction
- Sinorhizobium meliloti
- Soil Microbiology
- Symbiosis
