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Hormone Regulation of Root Nodule Formation in Lotus

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The Lotus japonicus Genome

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Several phytohormones have been reported to positively or negatively regulate the formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules in Lotus japonicus and other legumes. Auxin is important for root nodulation and required for cortical cell division. Because auxin accumulation was observed in the root of the L. japonicus mutant spontaneous nodule formation 2 (snf2), which has a gain-of-function mutation in a putative cytokinin receptor, it appears that auxin acts downstream of cytokinin signaling. Activation of cytokinin signaling is involved in the induction of root nodule formation. Ethylene, gibberellin (GA), and abscisic acid (ABA) inhibit the cortical cell divisions induced by cytokinin. ABA regulates nitrogen fixation activity through the control of nitric oxide levels. Though jasmonic acid (JA) is known as a negative regulator of nodulation, recent data suggest that it functions as a positive regulator over a certain range of concentrations. The increase in salicylic acid (SA) levels normally triggered as a defense response does not occur upon infection with compatible symbionts. LjCCD7-silenced L. japonicus plants, which were expected to have reduced concentrations of strigolactone, produced fewer nodules than the controls, suggesting that strigolactone promotes nodule formation in L. japonicus.

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Suzuki, A. (2014). Hormone Regulation of Root Nodule Formation in Lotus. In: Tabata, S., Stougaard, J. (eds) The Lotus japonicus Genome. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44270-8_9

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