Abbreviations
Abbreviations used to describe the symbiotic phenotypes
Scientific names, common names and abbrevations of plants
Abbreviations used to describe the symbiotic phenotypes:
| Phenotype abbreviation | Phenotype description |
|---|---|
| Had++ | Proportion of root hair deformations (branching, waviness, swelling, etc.) unusually high |
| Had+ | Hair deformations (branching, waviness, swelling, etc.) |
| Had+- | Hair deformations (branching, waviness, swelling, etc.) delayed, or the amount of root hair deformations reduced. |
| Had- | Root hair deformations (branching, waviness, swelling, etc.) not observed |
| Ccd+ | Division and differentiation of cortical cells |
| Ccd- | Cortical cells fail to divide and differentiate |
| Hac++ | Proportion of hair curling unusually high |
| Hac+ | Root hair curling |
| Hac+- | Root hair curling delayed, or curling affecting very few root hairs |
| Hac- | No marked hair curling |
| Inf++ | Root hairs containing threads higher than that of wild-type control |
| Inf+ | Formation of infection threads in root hairs |
| Inf+- | Formation of infection threads in root hairs delayed, or the amount of infection threads reduced |
| Inf- | No infection thread |
| Noi+ | Formation of nodule meristem, nodule development and differentiation |
| Noi- | Nodule meristem, nodule development and differentiation not formed |
| Bar+ | Release of rhizobia from infection threads |
| Bar- | Rhizobia not released from infection threads |
| Bad+ | Differentiation of released bacteria into bacteriods |
| Bad- | Released bacteria not differentiated into bacteriods |
| Nif+ | Synthesis of nitrogenase |
| Nif- | Nitrogenase not synthesized |
| Cof+ | Development of biochemical and physiological complementary functions associated with nitrogen fixation |
| Cof- | Biochemical and physiological complementary functions associated with nitrogen fixation not developed |
| Nop+ | Maintenance (persistence) of nodule function |
| Nop- | Nodule function not maintained |
| Nod++ | The number of nodules formed higher than that of wild-type |
| Nod+ | Formation of nodules |
| Nod+- | Delayed nodulation, or the number of nodules reduced |
| Nod- | No nodules formed |
Scientific names, common names and abbrevations of plants:
| Scientific name | Common name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|
| Glycine max | soybean | G. max |
| Medicago truncatula | barrel medic/ barrel clover | M. truncatula |
| Macroptilium atropurpureum | siratro | M. atropurpureum |
| Medicago sativa | alfalfa | M. sativa |
| Medicago laciniata | - | M. laciniata |
| Medicago littoralis | - | M. littoralis |
| Medicago lupulina | - | M. lupulina |
| Melilotus alba (Melilotus albus) | Sweet clover | M. alba |
| Trifolium repens | White clover | T. repens |
| Vicia sativa subsp. nigra | Common vetch | V. sativa |
| Vigna radiata | mung bean | V. radiata |
| Vigna unguiculata | cowpea | V. unguiculata |