In a study published in Science on January 9, the teams of Jeremy Murray and ZHANG Yu from the Center for Excellence in ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 34, No. 145 (August 1983), pp. 951-963 (13 pages) There is a coupled decrease in respiration and nitrogenase activity of nodules of many legume symbioses induced ...

Legume plants regulate their symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria by using cytokinins—signaling molecules that are transmitted through the plant structure from leaves into the roots to control ...

Aims The relationships between nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) acquisition strategies among herbaceous legume species remain poorly understood, particularly in relation to how they are altered by N ...

Researchers have revealed a key piece in the complex genetic systems that control how legume roots form close associations (symbioses) with microbial partners that help supply nutrients to the plant.

Soybeans and other legumes interact with nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria called rhizobia that are able to convert nitrogen in the air into a form the plant can use to grow and reproduce. Corn and other ...

Root secretion and plant immunity are key factors in controlling the assembly of root-associated microbiotas of which rhizobia are key members Rhizobia exist in soil and compete with the general ...

Scientists discover the genetics inside legumes that control the production of an oxygen-carrying molecule, crucial to the plant’s close relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. The finding offers ...

Tsukuba, Japan - Legumes such as peas and beans form intimate and mutually beneficial partnerships (symbioses) with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, rhizobia. The plant benefits from an enhanced supply of ...