Mechanisms underlying legume–rhizobium symbioses

J Yang, L Lan, Y **, N Yu, D Wang… - Journal of Integrative …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Legumes, unlike most land plants, can form symbiotic root nodules with nitrogen‐fixing
bacteria to secure nitrogen for growth. The formation of nitrogen‐fixing nodules on legume …

Effectiveness of nitrogen fixation in rhizobia

K Lindström, SA Mousavi - Microbial biotechnology, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biological nitrogen fixation in rhizobia occurs primarily in root or stem nodules and is
induced by the bacteria present in legume plants. This symbiotic process has fascinated …

Dancing to a different tune, can we switch from chemical to biological nitrogen fixation for sustainable food security?

MY Jhu, GED Oldroyd - PLoS Biology, 2023‏ - journals.plos.org
Our current food production systems are unsustainable, driven in part through the
application of chemically fixed nitrogen. We need alternatives to empower farmers to …

Are we there yet? The long walk towards the development of efficient symbiotic associations between nitrogen-fixing bacteria and non-leguminous crops

VCS Pankievicz, TB Irving, LGS Maia, JM Ané - BMC biology, 2019‏ - Springer
Nitrogen is an essential element of life, and nitrogen availability often limits crop yields.
Since the Green Revolution, massive amounts of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers have been …

[HTML][HTML] Signaling in legume–Rhizobia symbiosis

J Shumilina, A Soboleva, E Abakumov… - International journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Legumes represent an important source of food protein for human nutrition and animal feed.
Therefore, sustainable production of legume crops is an issue of global importance. It is well …

Insights into the evolution of symbiosis gene copy number and distribution from a chromosome-scale Lotus japonicus Gifu genome sequence

N Kamal, T Mun, D Reid, JS Lin, TY Akyol… - DNA …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
Lotus japonicus is a herbaceous perennial legume that has been used extensively as a
genetically tractable model system for deciphering the molecular genetics of symbiotic …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-Wide Comprehensive Analysis of the GASA Gene Family in Populus

S Han, Z Jiao, MX Niu, X Yu, M Huang, C Liu… - International Journal of …, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Gibberellic acid-stimulated Arabidopsis (GASA) proteins, as cysteine-rich peptides (CRPs),
play roles in development and reproduction and biotic and abiotic stresses. Although the …

MtSSPdb: The Medicago truncatula Small Secreted Peptide Database

C Boschiero, X Dai, PK Lundquist, S Roy… - Plant …, 2020‏ - academic.oup.com
A growing number of small secreted peptides (SSPs) in plants are recognized as important
regulatory molecules with roles in processes such as growth, development, reproduction …

Structure and development of the legume-rhizobial symbiotic interface in infection threads

AV Tsyganova, NJ Brewin, VE Tsyganov - Cells, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The intracellular infection thread initiated in a root hair cell is a unique structure associated
with Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. It is characterized by inverted tip growth of the plant cell …

Antifungal symbiotic peptide NCR044 exhibits unique structure and multifaceted mechanisms of action that confer plant protection

SLS Velivelli, KJ Czymmek, H Li, JB Shaw… - Proceedings of the …, 2020‏ - pnas.org
In the indeterminate nodules of a model legume Medicago truncatula,∼ 700 nodule-specific
cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides with conserved cysteine signature are expressed. NCR …