Nodule Formation Is Stimulated by the Ethylene Inhibitor Aminoethoxyvinylglycine
Open Access
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 91 (2), 690-693
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.91.2.690
Abstract
Previous researchers found that formation and function of nitrogen-fixing nodules on legume roots were severely inhibited by addition of exogenous ethylene. Nodule formation by Rhizobium meliloti on Medicago sativa was stimulated twofold when the ethylene biosynthesis inhibitor aminoethoxyvinylglycine (AVG) was added with the inoculum. Stimulation of nodule formation by AVG showed a similar concentration dependence as inhibition of ethylene biosynthesis, suggesting that the primary action of AVG is the inhibition of ethylene biosynthesis. When AVG was added 2 to 3 days after inoculation, the number of nodules formed was still increased. On a per plant basis, however, the average nitrogen fixation was unchanged by AVG treatment and was independent of nodule number.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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