Plants associate with a wide range of microorganisms, with both detrimental and beneficial
outcomes. Central to plant survival is the ability to recognize invading microorganisms and …

Nutrients are essential for optimal growth and development of plants. Nutrient availability
and composition in the soil varies largely from region to region. The deficiency of essential …

Rhizobium‐induced root nodules are specialized organs for symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
Indeterminate‐type nodules are formed from an apical meristem and exhibit a spatial …

Legumes are highly important food, feed and biofuel crops. With few exceptions, they can
enter into an intricate symbiotic relationship with specific soil bacteria called rhizobia. This …

The formation of nitrogen-fixing nodules on legumes requires an integration of infection by
rhizobia at the root epidermis and the initiation of cell division in the cortex, several cell …

Nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria and leguminous plants have evolved complex signal
exchange mechanisms that allow a specific bacterial species to induce its host plant to form …

Bacterial infection of interior tissues of legume root nodules is controlled at the epidermal
cell layer and is closely coordinated with progressing organ development. Using …

Rhizobial Nod factors are key symbiotic signals responsible for starting the nodulation
process in host legume plants. Of the six Medicago truncatula genes controlling a Nod factor …

In legume nodules, symbiosomes containing endosymbiotic rhizobial bacteria act as
temporary plant organelles that are responsible for nitrogen fixation, these bacteria develop …

Remorin proteins have been hypothesized to play important roles during cellular signal
transduction processes. Induction of some members of this multigene family has been …