Legumes obtain nitrogen from air through rhizobia residing in root nodules. Some species of
rhizobia can colonize cereals but do not fix nitrogen on them. Disabling native regulation …

Plants depend upon beneficial interactions between roots and root-associated
microorganisms for growth promotion, disease suppression, and nutrient availability. This …

Homocitrate is a component of the iron–molybdenum cofactor in nitrogenase, where
nitrogen fixation occurs,. NifV, which encodes homocitrate synthase (HCS), has been …

A main goal of biological nitrogen fixation research has been to expand the nitrogen‐fixing
ability to major cereal crops. In this work, we demonstrate the use of the efficient nitrogen …

Engineering N2-fixing symbioses between cereals and diazotrophic bacteria represents a
promising strategy to sustainably deliver biologically fixed nitrogen (N) in agriculture. We …

For decades, rhizobia were thought to be the only nitrogen-fixing inhabitants of legume
nodules, and biases in culture techniques prolonged this belief. However, other bacteria …

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 …

Rhizobia are phylogenetically disparate α-and β-proteobacteria that have achieved the
environmentally essential function of fixing atmospheric nitrogen (N 2) in symbiosis with …

Rhizobia induce nodule formation on legume roots and differentiate into bacteroids, which
catabolize plant-derived dicarboxylates to reduce atmospheric N2 into ammonia. Despite …

Nitrogen is abundant in the atmosphere but is generally the most limiting nutrient for plants.
The inability of many crop plants, such as cereals, to directly utilize freely available …