Nodule Inception Is Not Required for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization of Medicago truncatula
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. nin Mutants Have No Obvious Mycorrhizal Phenotype
2.2. NIN Expression during Mycorrhization
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Material
4.2. Seedling Germination
4.3. Production of Mycorrhizal Inoculum
4.4. Nodulation
4.5. Mycorrhization
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Kumar, A.; Cousins, D.R.; Liu, C.-W.; Xu, P.; Murray, J.D. Nodule Inception Is Not Required for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization of Medicago truncatula. Plants 2020, 9, 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010071
Kumar A, Cousins DR, Liu C-W, Xu P, Murray JD. Nodule Inception Is Not Required for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization of Medicago truncatula. Plants. 2020; 9(1):71. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010071
Chicago/Turabian StyleKumar, Anil, Donna R. Cousins, Cheng-Wu Liu, Ping Xu, and Jeremy D. Murray. 2020. "Nodule Inception Is Not Required for Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Colonization of Medicago truncatula" Plants 9, no. 1: 71. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9010071