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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2014

Unexpectedly low nitrogen acquisition and absence of root architecture adaptation to nitrate supply in a Medicago truncatula highly branched root mutant.

Virginie Bourion, Chantal Martin, Henri de Larambergue, Françoise Jacquin, Grégoire Aubert, Marie-Laure Martin-Magniette, Sandrine Balzergue, Geoffroy Lescure, Sylvie Citerne, Marc Lepetit and 3 more

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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13 authors.

Virginie BourionINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France virginie.bourion@dijon.inra.fr.
Chantal MartinINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France.
Henri de LarambergueINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France.
Françoise JacquinINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France.
Grégoire AubertINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France.
Marie-Laure Martin-MagnietteINRA, UMR518 MIA, F-75231 Paris, France AgroParisTech, UMR MIA, F-75231 Paris, France INRA, UMR1165 URGV, F-91057 Evry, France UEVE, UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France CNRS, ERL8196 UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France.
Sandrine BalzergueINRA, UMR1165 URGV, F-91057 Evry, France UEVE, UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France CNRS, ERL8196 UMR URGV, F-91057 Evry, France.
Geoffroy LescureInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA/AgroParisTech, F-78026 Versailles, France.
Sylvie CiterneInstitut Jean-Pierre Bourgin, UMR1318 INRA/AgroParisTech, F-78026 Versailles, France.
Marc LepetitUSC1342 INRA, UMR113 IRD-CIRAD-SupAgro-UM2, Symbioses Tropicales et Méditerranéennes, Campus de Baillarguet, TA A-82/J, F-34398 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Nathalie Munier-JolainINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France.
Christophe SalonINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France.
Gérard DucINRA, UMR1347 Agroécologie, BP 86510, F-21065 Dijon, France.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To complement N2 fixation through symbiosis, legumes can efficiently acquire soil mineral N through adapted root architecture. However, root architecture adaptation to mineral N availability has been little studied in legumes. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of nitrate availability on root architecture in Medicago truncatula and assessed the N-uptake potential of a new highly branched root mutant, TR185. The effects of varying nitrate supply on both root architecture and N uptake were characterized in the mutant and in the wild type. Surprisingly, the root architecture of the mutant was not modified by variation in nitrate supply. Moreover, despite its highly branched root architecture, TR185 had a permanently N-starved phenotype. A transcriptome analysis was performed to identify genes differentially expressed between the two genotypes. This analysis revealed differential responses related to the nitrate acquisition pathway and confirmed that N starvation occurred in TR185. Changes in amino acid content and expression of genes involved in the phenylpropanoid pathway were associated with differences in root architecture between the mutant and the wild type.

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Amino AcidsMedicago truncatulaNitratesNitrogenPlant ProteinsPlant RootsAmino AcidsNitratesNitrogenPlant ProteinsAmino acidshighly branched root mutantMedicago truncatulanitrogen acquisitionnitrogen limitationphenylpropanoidroot architecture.

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PMID24706718
PMCPMC4036509

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