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Mutagenesis ofVicia faba L. using ethyl methanesulfonate has yielded three mutants (f13, f73, f245) with ineffective nodulation (Nod+Fix−), one mutant (f48) unable to nodulate (Nod−) and one supernodulating mutant (f32) having 3 to 5 times more nodules than the control in the absence of combined nitrogen, and expressing nitrate tolerant nodulation (Nod++, Nts). All of the mutant phenotypes were controlled by single and distinct recessive genes designatedsyml tosym5, respectively. Grafting experiments showed that the (Nod+Fix−) and (Nod−) phenotypes were both under root genotype control and that the (Nod++, Nts) phenotype was under shoot genotype control.
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Duc, G. Mutagenesis of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) and the identification of five different genes controlling no nodulation, ineffective nodulation or supernodulation. Euphytica 83, 147–152 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01678042
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