Is N-feedback involved in the regulation of nitrogenase activity in Medicago truncatula?

Abstract

To determine whether senescing leaves provoke an active nitrogen (N) remobilization that results in the reduction of nitrogenase activity, 60% of Medicago truncatula lower leaves were either darkened or individually excised for two weeks. Although a considerable amount of N was remobilized, N2 fixation activity was found to be increased to maintain the N source/sink balance, indicating an absence of the negative N-feedback regulation of nitrogenase activity in the senescing M. truncatula.