@article{garcia_cloghessy_cooney_shelley_chakraborty_kafle_busidan_sonawala_collier_jayaraman_et al._2023, title={The putative transporter MtUMAMIT14 participates in nodule formation in Medicago truncatula}, volume={13}, ISSN={["2045-2322"]}, DOI={10.1038/s41598-023-28160-8}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={1}, journal={SCIENTIFIC REPORTS}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Garcia, Kevin and Cloghessy, Kaylee and Cooney, Danielle R. and Shelley, Brett and Chakraborty, Sanhita and Kafle, Arjun and Busidan, Aymeric and Sonawala, Unnati and Collier, Ray and Jayaraman, Dhileepkumar and et al.}, year={2023}, month={Jan} }
 @article{kafle_cooney_shah_garcia_2022, title={Mycorrhiza-mediated potassium transport in Medicago truncatula can be evaluated by using rubidium as a proxy}, volume={322}, ISSN={["1873-2259"]}, DOI={10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111364}, abstractNote={Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi considerably improve plant nutrient acquisition, particularly phosphorus and nitrogen. Despite the physiological importance of potassium (K+) in plants, there is increasing interest in the mycorrhizal contribution to plant K+ nutrition. Yet, methods to track K+ transport are often costly and limiting evaluation opportunities. Rubidium (Rb+) is known to be transported through same pathways as K+. As such our research efforts attempt to evaluate if Rb+ could serve as a viable proxy for evaluating K+ transport in AM symbiosis. Therefore, we examined the transport of K+ in Medicago truncatula colonized by the AM fungus Rhizophagus irregularis isolate 09 having access to various concentrations of Rb+ in custom-made two-compartment systems. Plant biomass, fungal root colonization, and shoot nutrient concentrations were recorded under sufficient and limited K+ regimes. We report that AM plants displayed higher shoot Rb+ and K+ concentrations and a greater K+:Na+ ratio relative to non-colonized plants in both sufficient and limited K+ conditions. Consequently, our results indicate that Rb+ can be used as a proxy to assess the movement of K+ in AM symbiosis, and suggest the existence of a mycorrhizal uptake pathway for K+ nutrition in M. truncatula.}, journal={PLANT SCIENCE}, author={Kafle, Arjun and Cooney, Danielle R. and Shah, Garud and Garcia, Kevin}, year={2022}, month={Sep} }