Flavonoids are crucial signaling molecules in the symbiosis between legumes and their
nitrogen-fixing symbionts, the rhizobia. The primary function of flavonoids in the interaction is …

Salt stress is an ever-present threat to crop yields, especially in countries with irrigated
agriculture. Efforts to improve salt tolerance in crop plants are vital for sustainable crop …

Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR) associations range in degree of bacterial proximity
to the root and intimacy of association. In general, these can be separated into extracellular …

The removal of cell-bound water through air drying and the addition of water to air-dried
cells are forces that have played a pivotal role in the evolution of the prokaryotes. In bacterial …

The formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules on legumes requires an integration of infection by
rhizobia at the root epidermis and the initiation of cell division in the cortex, several cell …

Although most higher plants establish a symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi,
symbiotic nitrogen fixation with rhizobia is a salient feature of legumes. Despite this host …

Flavonoids are a class of low molecular weight phenolic compounds that is widely
distributed in the plant kingdom. They exhibit a diverse spectrum of biological functions and …

Eukaryotes often form symbioses with microorganisms. Among these, associations between
plants and nitrogen-fixing bacteria are responsible for the nitrogen input into various …

Plants belonging to the legume family develop nitrogen-fixing root nodules in symbiosis with
bacteria commonly known as rhizobia. The legume host encodes all of the functions …

Somatic embryogenesis is defined as a process in which a bipolar structure, resembling a
zygotic embryo, develops from a non-zygotic cell without vascular connection with the …