The invention discloses a study method of functions of
acid phosphatase in
symbiosis of alfalfa root nodules and alfalfa
mycorrhiza, and belongs to the field of studies on legumes. The study method ofthe functions of the
acid phosphatase in the
symbiosis of the alfalfa root nodules and the alfalfa
mycorrhiza comprises the following steps: 1) selecting
medicago truncatula seeds, and carrying out surface sterilizing, forced germinating and
sprouting; 2) respectively inoculating the sprouted
medicago truncatula with
sinorhizobium meliloti and
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and carrying out separate pot experiments at different
phosphorus concentrations; 3) detecting tissue-specific expression of MtPAP2 in the alfalfa root nodules, tissue-specific expression of MtPAP2 in the alfalfa
mycorrhiza, influence of the
phosphorus on MtPAP2
gene expression, influence of the
phosphorus on the alfalfa root nodules and influence of the phosphorus on the alfalfa mycorrhiza; and 4) studying the roles ofthe
sinorhizobium meliloti and the
arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the
symbiosis with the alfalfa by utilizing spatiotemporal expression,
promoter localization, overexpression and silencing means. Thus, direct experimental evidence is obtained to provide new insights on molecular mechanisms of
plant response to low phosphorus stress and coordination of phosphorus
homeostasis in the plants by themselves.