Simple Summary The legume–rhizobium symbiosis is one of the most beneficial interactions
with high importance in agriculture, as it delivers nitrogen to plants and soil, thereby …

Most plant–microbe interactions are facultative, with microbes experiencing temporally and
spatially variable selection. How this variation affects microbial evolution is poorly …

Although RNA sequencing (RNAseq) has been becoming the main transcriptomic approach
in the model legume Medicago truncatula, there is currently no genome-wide gene …

Autotoxicity is a form of intraspecific allelopathy, in which a plant species inhibits the
establishment or growth of the same species through the release of toxic chemical …

Biomass yield, salt tolerance and drought tolerance are important targets for alfalfa
(Medicago sativa L.) improvement. Medicago truncatula has been developed into a model …

Physical dormancy in seeds exists widely in seed plants and plays a vital role in maintaining
natural seed banks. The outermost cuticle of the seed coat forms a water-impermeable layer …

Glutathione transferases (GSTs) constitute an ancient, ubiquitous, multi-functional
antioxidant enzyme superfamily that has great importance on cellular detoxification against …

As plants are sessile, they cannot escape exposure to multiple environmental stresses. Over
the course of evolution, a range of morphological and physiological adaptations has been …

The formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules in legumes involves the initiation of synchronized
programs in the root epidermis and cortex to allow rhizobial infection and nodule …

Root nodule symbiosis (RNS) is the pillar behind sustainable agriculture and plays a pivotal
role in the environmental nitrogen cycle. Most of the genetic, molecular, and cell-biological …