nodule

[Katica Ilic]

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for your comment.

Would it be more appropriate to have 'root nodule' instead?
Actually to instantiate term 'nodule' to 'root nodule' and 'stem
nodule'?

Katica

On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Jeff J. Doyle wrote:

> >
> >PO:0003023
> >name: nodule
> >def: Enlargement or swelling on the roots of plants, particularly in the
> >Fabaceae, inhabited by nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
>
> There are also what are called "stem nodules" in some legumes (the
> papilionoid genus Sesbania is the prime example, but the caesalpiniod
> Neptunia also has nodules on floating stems).  Stem nodules are
> associated with adventitious roots, however, so the definition is not
> actually incorrect, even if the position of the roots in question is
> not typical.
>
> --Jeff
>
>
> --
> Jeff J. Doyle
> Professor, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Department of Plant Biology,
> Cornell University
> office: 259 Plant Science Building
> tel: 607 255-7972 (lab: 607 255-1953); fax: 607-255-5407
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>
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>
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>

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