Nitrogen fixing symbioses between plants and bacteria are ancient and, while not
numerous, are formed in diverse lineages of plants ranging from microalgae to …

Studies of biodiversity and ecosystem function (BEF) have long focused on the role of
nitrogen (N)-fixing legumes as a functional group that occupies a distinct and important …

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a major source of calorific intake in its various forms and is
considered one of the most important staple foods. Improved wheat productivity can …

In human microbiota, the prevention or promotion of invasions can be crucial to human
health. Invasion outcomes, in turn, are impacted by the composition of resident communities …

The legume tribe Genisteae comprises 618, predominantly temperate species, showing an
amphi-Atlantic distribution that was caused by several long-distance dispersal events …

Vachellia karroo (formerly Acacia karroo) is a wide-spread legume species indigenous to
southern Africa. Little is known regarding the identity or diversity of rhizobia that associate …

Horizontal transfer (HT) alters the repertoire of symbiosis genes in rhizobial genomes and
may play an important role in the on-going evolution of the rhizobia–legume symbiosis. To …

It is indisputable that invasive plant species strongly impact the ecosystems they invade.
Many of such impacts can be negative and threaten the local species through competition …

Biodiversity within ecological communities has been shown to influence plant resistance
and tolerance to herbivory, and may strongly interact with climate change. However, the …

Aim Mutualisms are often disrupted for plants introduced to new ranges, yet many of these
plants have managed to obtain effective mutualistic associations in their new ranges. There …