Highlights•Nodulation of legumes is encoded by at least three genetic rhizobial
strategies.•The 'nod'strategy has been the most successful evolutionarily.•Evolution of nod …

Sustainability and innovation are fundamental to any production system. Providing food to
the increasing population is of paramount importance and is crtical to the global stability …

Legumes are ecologically and economically important plants that contribute to nutrient
cycling and agricultural sustainability, features tied to their intimate symbiosis with nitrogen …

Rhizobia are soil bacteria that can establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis with legume plants.
As horizontally transmitted symbionts, the life cycle of rhizobia includes a free-living phase in …

Contents Summary 1199 I. Introduction 1199 II. Selecting beneficial symbionts: one problem,
many solutions 1200 III. Control and conflict over legume nodulation 1201 IV. Control and …

The microbial community in the plant rhizosphere is vital to plant productivity and disease
resistance. Alterations in the composition and diversity of species within this community …

The specific interaction between rhizobia and legume roots leads to the development of a
highly regulated process called nodulation, by which the atmospheric nitrogen is converted …

Biotic and abiotic stresses are severely limiting plant production and productivity. Of notable
importance is salt stress that not only limits plant growth and survival, but affects the soil …

Rhizobia induce root nodules and fix atmospheric N2 for most legume species in exchange
for carbon. However, the diverse endophytic non-rhizobial bacteria in legume nodules that …

Black alder (Alnus glutinosa Gaertn.) belongs to dual mycorrhizal trees, forming
ectomycorrhizal (EM) and arbuscular (AM) root structures, as well as represents actinorrhizal …