Since 1999, various forward-and reverse-genetic approaches have uncovered nearly 200
genes required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) in legumes. These discoveries …

Plants engage in mutually beneficial relationships with microbes, such as arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi or nitrogen-fixing rhizobia, for optimized nutrient acquisition. In return, the …

Medicago truncatula is a model legume species that has been studied for decades to
understand the symbiotic relationship between legumes and soil bacteria collectively named …

Nitrogen-deprived legume plants form new root organs, the nodules, following a symbiosis
with nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria [1]. Because this interaction is beneficial for the plant …

Strigolactones are a class of phytohormones that are involved in many different plant
developmental processes, including the rhizobium–legume nodule symbiosis. Although …

Legume plants form nitrogen (N)-fixing symbiotic nodules when mineral N is limiting in soils.
As N fixation is energetically costly compared to mineral N acquisition, these N sources, and …

Legume crops contribute a great portion of clean nitrogen (N) to agro‐ecosystems through
symbiotic N2 fixation in the nodule; however, the nodulation is always inhibited by high N …

Plant nutrient acquisition is tightly regulated by resource availability and metabolic needs,
implying the existence of communication between roots and shoots to ensure their …

Symbiotic nodules formed on legume roots with rhizobia fix atmospheric N2. Bacteria reduce
N2 to NH4+ that is assimilated into amino acids by the plant. In return, the plant provides …

Legumes utilize a shoot-mediated signaling system to maintain a mutualistic relationship
with nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules. In Lotus japonicus, shoot-to-root transfer of …