Soybean is one of the most important oilseed and fodder crops. Benefiting from the efforts of
soybean breeders and the development of breeding technology, large number of …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation by rhizobia in legume root nodules injects approximately 40
million tonnes of nitrogen into agricultural systems each year. In exchange for reduced …

Rhizobial infection and root nodule formation in legumes require recognition of signal
molecules produced by the bacteria and their hosts. Here, we show that rhizobial transfer …

Genome editing is a valuable technique for gene function analysis and crop improvement.
Over the past two years, the CRISPR-Cas9 system has emerged as a powerful tool for …

Rhizobium‐induced root nodules are specialized organs for symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Indeterminate‐type nodules are formed from an apical meristem and exhibit a spatial …

Significant progress has been made in the field of plant genomics, as demonstrated by the
increased use of high-throughput methodologies that enable the characterization of multiple …

Microsatellites, or simple sequence repeats (SSRs), are one of the most informative and
multi-purpose genetic markers exploited in plant functional genomics. However, the …

Background The MYB superfamily constitutes one of the most abundant groups of
transcription factors described in plants. Nevertheless, their functions appear to be highly …

Drought is considered to be a major threat to soybean production worldwide and yet our
current understanding of the effects of drought on soybean productively is largely based on …

Schistosomiasis is one of the most prevalent parasitic diseases, affecting millions of people
in develo** countries. Amongst the human-infective species, Schistosoma mansoni is also …