Plants are constantly being challenged by aspiring pathogens, but disease is rare. Why?
Broadly, there are three reasons for pathogen failure. Either (1) the plant is unable to support …

At least three different sets of symbiotic signals (here, they are compared to locks and keys)
are exchanged between legumes and rhizobia during nodule development. Flavonoids, the …

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 …

Abstract Plant lipoxygenases (LOX, EC 1.13. 11.12) have been involved in processes such
as stress responses and development. The levels of these enzymes and their corresponding …

The cDNAs encoding three germin-like proteins (PsGER1, PsGER2a, and PsGER2b) were
isolated from Pisum sativum. The coding sequence of PsGER1 transiently expressed in …

Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae normally gains access to pea host cells through
tubular cell wall ingrowths termed infection threads. Matrix glycoprotein (MGP), a major …

Oxylipins recently have been implicated as signaling molecules for cross-kingdom
communication in plant-pathogen interactions. Linoleic acid and its two plant lipoxygenase …

A range of novel expressed sequence tags (ESTs) associated with late developmental
events during nodule organogenesis in the legume Lotus japonicus were identified using …

We utilized transcriptional profiling to identify genes associated with nodule development in
soybean. Many of the candidate genes were predicted to be involved in processes such as …

Legume crops present important agronomical and environmental advantages mainly due to
their capacity to reduce atmospheric N2 to ammonium via symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) …