Term Information

Accession
PO:0000040
Name
adventitious root nodule
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
nódulo de la raíz adventicia (Spanish, exact), 不定根根粒 (Japanese, exact), stem primordium (related)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Enlargement or swelling at position of dormant adventitious root primordium (on the stem), inhabited by nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Source: TAIR_curator:Katica_Ilic
Comment
Unlike the root nodules, these contain functioning chloroplasts in the nodule cortex and are therefore capable of carbon fixation. Note: stem nodule is commonly used term for this structure, although the nodules are formed at positions of dormant adventitious root primordia.
Subset
None
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Parents of adventitious root nodule (PO:0000040)
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adventitious root nodule [is_a relation] is_a  root nodule (PO:0003023)
adventitious root nodule [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  shoot-borne root (PO:0000042)

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