Silencing of FNS led to severely reduced nodulation using S. meliloti compared with vector control roots. The use of luteolin pre-treated S. meliloti cells did not restore the nodule numbers in FNSi roots compared with vector control roots suggesting that nod gene induction by flavones in the root exudates is important but not sufficient for the nodulation of M. truncatula.
Nod+-
RNAi
Nod+-
Jemalong A17
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Zhang J, Subramanian S, Stacey G and Yu O
2008
Flavones and flavonols play distinct critical roles during nodulation of Medicago truncatula by Sinorhizobium meliloti
