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Development and Growth Regulation

Ethylene Inhibitors Restore Nodulation to sym 5 Mutants of Pisum sativum L. cv Sparkle ^1,2

Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research, Ithaca, New York 14853-1801

The sym 5 mutants of pea, Pisum sativum L. cv Sparkle, do not differ in growth habit from their normal parent and nodulate poorly at a root temperature of 20°C. If inhibitors of ethylene formation or action (Co²⁺, aminoethoxyvinylglycine, or Ag⁺) are added to the substrate, nodulation of the sym 5 mutants is increased. Similar treatments of four other mutant sym lines do not restore nodulation. When Ag⁺ is added to the substrate from 4 days before to 4 days after inoculation with rhizobia, nodulation of sym 5 mutants is increased. The roots of the mutant need only be exposed to Ag⁺ for 4 hours to significantly increase nodule numbers. The content of free 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid and the production of ethylene in the lateral roots of sym 5 mutants do not differ from Sparkle.

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