Nod gene expression is induced by the presence of certain flavonoids in the soil, which are secreted by the plant to attract the bacteria.

The addition of certain Nod factors enhances arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization, indicating that the two very different symbioses may share some common mechanisms.

In the final Renegade mission, set in the Temple of Nod, certain rooms are recognizable as those from Command & Conquer's Nod mission briefings.

The Land of Nod also refers to the mythical land of sleep, a pun on Land of Nod ( Gen. 4: 16 ).

To “ go off to the land of Nod ” plays with the phrase to “ nod off ”, meaning to go to sleep.

In The Sandman: Preludes & Nocturnes book, The Land of Nod is a pun on the mythical land of sleep, or The Dreaming, Cain's destination after murdering his brother.

In the World of Darkness role-playing setting by White Wolf Game Studio, the land of Nod is the home in exile of Caine, the first vampire.

Canadian indie band Stars mentions the Land of Nod in the title track to their album " The Comeback EP ": " Just got back from the land of Nod ..."

Tom Waits mentions the land of Nod in his song " Singapore " from the 1985 album Rain Dogs: " We sail tonight for Singapore, we're all as mad as hatters here I've fallen for a tawny Moor, took off to the land of Nod ..."

British Rap group Rhyme Asylum briefly make a reference to this land, " Vanish you to the Land of Nod, close friends turn into snakes like Aaron's rod ".

Transported the morning glory seed to the land of my Nod?

Transports this morning glory seed to the land of my Nod?

Transported this morning glory seed to the land of my Nod?

Here " Nod " is meant to be a wilderness of jumbled ideas and disjointed notions, the opposite of Eden ... much more like the state of a dreaming mind.

Decades of war and civil unrest have left these regions in a state of social collapse which has provided the Brotherhood of Nod with opportunities for concealment and large-scale recruitment.

New Wave writers began to look outside the traditional scope of science fiction for influence, and many looked to the example of beat writer William S. Burroughs, to the point where New Wave authors Philip José Farmer and Barrington J. Bayley wrote pastiches of his work (" The Jungle Rot Kid on the Nod " and " The Four Colour Problem ", respectively ) and J. G. Ballard published an admiring essay in an issue of New Worlds.

Cain only makes an appearance twice during the series, once in the beginning when he's bound to a wall, then in a detailed flashback of his journey from killing his brother, becoming the king of Nod, to writing the book.

Released on March 24, 2008, Kane's Wrath limited the player to only the Brotherhood of Nod in the campaign mode, though the original factions and six new sub-factions are available for the new strategic mode and skirmish mode.

The biblical quote is mentioned in the Command & Conquer video game, and is thought to be the origin of the name for the Brotherhood of Nod, as the group's charismatic leader is also known only as Kane.

By contrast, only the events of GDI campaigns were considered canon story in other Command & Conquer games, with the events of the Brotherhood of Nod campaigns having been treated as alternate " what if " realities.

The series ' storyline follows an escalating war between the worldwide Brotherhood of Nod society, led by a self-appointed and charismatic leader known only as Kane, and the Global Defense Initiative, a task force founded and funded by the United Nations.

In desperation, Nod reactivates its artificially intelligent computer system CABAL, only for it to form its own renegade cyborg army.

This guidance of Kane led Nod to gain a near monopoly on the world's rapidly increasing Tiberium deposits, as the Brotherhood's technologies for harvesting Tiberium initially were the only viable method of extracting the crystals, giving them enormous amounts of capital in a relatively short period of time and causing Nod to pioneer unique Tiberium-based technology in virtually every field.

On the side of Nod, Frank Zagarino portrays the commander Anton Slavik, who only lives to follow and enforce every thought of the sociopath Kane, played by the franchise's cutscene director Joseph D. Kucan.

In the campaign, the player takes on the role of LEGION, an advanced Nod military artificial intelligence created from the remains of CABAL, Nod's previous AI who went rogue during the events of Tiberian Sun: Firestorm.

Will Smith made a song called " Men in Black ", for the movie Men in Black in 1997, and " Black Suits Comin ' ( Nod Ya Head )" for its sequel in 2002.

Years after their first encounter, Qui-Gon, along with Obi-Wan, again encounters Nod, and once again the fallen Jedi is incarcerated for his crimes.

Originally intended to be the theme for the Brotherhood of Nod faction in the Covert Operations expansion to the original 1995 Command & Conquer game, the track eventually ended up enlisting itself as a staple in the Red Alert series instead, and a second version of " Hell March " was specifically created for Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2.

Over a dozen volumes of poetry followed and he became well known for his light-hearted poems for children, perhaps the most famous of which is " Wynken, Blynken, and Nod.

" Wynken, Blynken, and Nod " is a popular poem for children written by American writer and poet Eugene Field and published on March 9, 1889.

* Disney made the cartoon for Wynken, Blynken and Nod ( film ) in 1938 which stylized the fishermen of the poem as three pajama-clad children playing among the stars.

* Ryan Fraley, contemporary composer, wrote a piece for school bands entitled " Wynken, Blynken, and Nod " as part of a trio of songs based on stories in " A Child's Garden of Verses ".

The exact chemical structure of the Nod factor that is recognised by the plant varies between bacterial species and is the basis for host – symbiont specificity.

Nod factors act by inducing changes in gene expression in the legume, most notable the nodulin genes, which are needed for nodule organogenesis.

Hed Nod is / was the name for a series of beat and bass releases tangentially related to the Scorn sound, but in a lighter vein.

The storyline of Tiberian Sun follows the continuing struggle for world domination between the Global Defense Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod, as well as the human race's struggle with the relentlessly advancing alien tiberium substance.

Firestorm features new units and structures for both factions, and tells a story in which GDI and Nod are compelled to reluctantly join forces in order to overcome Nod's renegade artificial intelligence, CABAL.

Prior to the release of Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars in 2007, Firestorms storyline was unique in the Command & Conquer series as it was the first to feature ending sequences for the GDI and Nod factions which took place simultaneously, both of which were considered as official canon storyline.

A second fight for world domination ensues during which important events transpire, including the discovery of an alien spacecraft ( which was secretly built by Nod under the command of Kane ), the rise of the Forgotten mutants, the creation of more deadly and powerful weapons like tiberium bio-warheads, and the discovery of a mysterious object called the Tacitus.

The gothic rock band To / Die / For sings about the Land of Nod in the song " Vale of Tears ", in the verse " Sleep well my darling, and leave this vale of tears behind.

There was no sign of Mrs. Lauren Payne at her house on Nod Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut.

* In Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight, the Tiberium infestation on planet Earth has reached critical levels by 2062 and Kane, leader of the Brotherhood of Nod, approaches GDI command in order to contain the organism, in a diplomatic meeting taking place in the destroyed city of Manchester

* Terry Carleton – drums, percussion, backing vocals on A Nod and a Wink

* JR Johnston – backing vocals on A Nod and a Wink

These are: " Nod Over Coffee " on Chase the Buffalo ; " Satellite Sky " on Making Light of It ; " Tip of My Tongue " on Everything Matters, " Rise from the Ruins " on State of Grace, " Another Day in Limbo " on Great Big World ; and " Nothing but the Wind " on That Kind of Love.

Pettis's cover of " Nod Over Coffee " also appeared on a 1994 tribute album to Heard entitled Strong Hand of Love.

The original line-up consisted of vocalist Carl McCoy, saxophonist Gary Wisker, Tony Pettitt on bass, guitarist Paul Wright and drummer Alexander " Nod " Wright.

Some of Babbitt's final work was on the characters King Nod and Phido, the vulture, in Williams ' film " The Thief and the Cobbler ".

The Land of Nod (, ארץ נוד ) is a place in the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, located " on the east of Eden " ( qidmat -‘ Eden ), to which Cain chose to flee after murdering his brother Abel.

The heavy stoner metal band High On Fire included a song called " Return To Nod " on their album Death Is This Communion.

Natalie Merchant sings " The Land of Nod ", based on the Robert Louis Stevenson poem, on her album " Leave Your Sleep.

* Nod to Bob: An Artists ' Tribute to Bob Dylan on His 60th Birthday ( Red House, 2001 ).