In the context of a recent massive increase in research on plant root functions and their
impact on the environment, root ecologists currently face many important challenges to keep …

The symbiotic interaction between rhizobia and legumes that leads to nodule formation is a
complex chemical conversation involving plant release of nod-gene inducing signal …

 Abstract Robust evidence from phylogenomic analyses of 997 nuclear genes has recently
shown, beyond doubt, that the genus Prosopis is polyphyletic with three separate lineages …

INTRODUCTION Access to nutrients such as nitrogen is required for plant growth. Legumes
and nine additional plant families benefit from the nitrogen-fixing root nodule (NFN) …

 Abstract Subfamily Caesalpinioideae with ca. 4,600 species in 152 genera is the second-
largest subfamily of legumes (Leguminosae) and forms an ecologically and economically …

Early natural historians—Comte de Buffon, von Humboldt, and De Candolle—established
environment and geography as two principal axes determining the distribution of groups of …

The use of phytochemicals is gaining interest for the treatment of metabolic syndromes over
the synthetic formulation of drugs. Senna is evolving as one of the important plants which …

Germination is a traditional process and a re-emerging trend in healthy foods, resulting a
progressively increase in scientific research on their nutritional traits and phytochemical …

Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus L.) is a rich source of protein cultivated as an insurance crop in
Ethiopia, Eritrea, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Its resilience to both drought and flooding …

Ecologists from the Global North often justify their research agendas by reference to
dominant paradigms, with their work adding to the understanding of tropical systems …