Pectin is a family of complex polysaccharides present in all plant primary cell walls. The
complicated structure of the pectic polysaccharides, and the retention by plants of the large …

Pectin is a major component of primary cell walls of all land plants and encompasses a
range of galacturonic acid-rich polysaccharides. Three major pectic polysaccharides …

The second edition of this book, first published in 1991 and intended for students and
researchers, contains revised and updated material on the theory and practice of nitrogen …

Bacteria belonging to the genera Rhizobium, Mesorhizobium, Sinorhizobium,
Bradyrhizobium, and Azorhizobium (collectively referred to as rhizobia) grow in the soil as …

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 …

Treatment of bean or soybean cells with fungal elicitor or glutathione causes a rapid
insolubilization of preexisting (hydroxy) proline-rich structural proteins in the cell wall. This …

Many legumes respond to Rhizobium inoculation by developing unique structures known as
nodules on their roots. The development of a legume nodule in which rhizobia convert …

Monoclonal antibodies recognizing un-esterified (JIM5) and methyl-esterified (JIM7)
epitopes of pectin have been used to locate these epitopes by indirect immunofluorescence …

The invasive properties of Azoarcus sp. strain BH72, an endorhizospheric isolate of Kallar
grass, on gnotobiotically grown seedlings of Oryza sativa IR36 and Leptochloa fusca (L.) …

Of the approximately 380 families of angiosperms, representatives of only 10 are known to
form symbiotic associations with nitrogen-fixing bacteria in root nodules. The …