The intracellular infection thread initiated in a root hair cell is a unique structure associated
with Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. It is characterized by inverted tip growth of the plant cell …

Legumes tend to be nodulated by competitive rhizobia that do not maximize nitrogen (N2)
fixation, resulting in suboptimal yields. Rhizobial nodulation competitiveness and …

Background Polyploidy is known to significantly alter plant genomes, phenotypes and
interactions with the abiotic environment, yet the impacts of polyploidy on plant–biotic …

Crop wild relatives are valuable as a genetic resource to develop new crop cultivars, better
adapted to increasing environmental heterogeneity and being able to give high quality …

Rhizobia are nitrogen-fixing bacteria that engage in symbiotic relationships with plant hosts
but can also persist as free-living bacteria in the soil and rhizosphere. Here, we show that …

Mutualistic symbiosis and nitrogen fixation of legume rhizobia play a key role in ecological
environments. Although many different rhizobial species can form nodules with a specific …

The aim of the present study was to analyze the growth and physiological performance of
two coexisting species, Trifolium fragiferum, and Trifolium repens, under the effect of NaCl …

Biological nitrogen fixation by legume-rhizobacterial symbiosis in temperate grasslands is
an important source of soil nitrogen. The aim of the present study was to characterize the …

Rhizobium bacteria live in soil and plant environments, are capable of inducing symbiotic
nodules on legumes, invade these nodules, and develop into bacteroids that fix atmospheric …

Context Biological nitrogen (N) fixation through the rhizobia–legume symbiosis is a
sustainable and cost-effective source of N for agriculture. In New Zealand (NZ), white clover …