Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Nitrate restricts nodule organogenesis through inhibition of cytokinin biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus

  • Jieshun Lin,
  • Yuda Purwana Roswanjaya,
  • Wouter Kohlen,
  • Jens Stougaard,
  • Dugald Reid

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26820-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Nodule development in legumes is a cytokinin dependent process. Here the authors show that high nitrate supply, which limits nodulation, suppresses cytokinin biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus which contrasts with the positive effect of nitrate on cytokinin biosynthesis in non-legumes