Biotic and abiotic stresses cause significant yield losses in legumes and can significantly
affect their productivity. Biotechnology tools such as marker-assisted breeding, tissue …

Australian farmers and scientists have embraced the use of new pasture legume species
more than those in any other country, with 36 annual and 11 perennial legumes having …

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 …

Four Medicago truncatula sunn mutants displayed shortened roots and hypernodulation
under all conditions examined. The mutants, recovered in three independent genetic …

A total of 150 microsatellite markers developed for common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)
were tested for parental polymorphism and used to determine the positions of 100 genetic …

Establishment of the Rhizobium–legume symbiosis depends on a molecular dialogue, in
which rhizobial nodulation (Nod) factors act as symbiotic signals, playing a key role in the …

Biotrophic eukaryotic plant pathogens require a living host for their growth and form an
intimate haustorial interface with parasitized cells. Evolution to biotrophy occurred …

A core genetic map of the legume Medicago truncatula has been established by analyzing
the segregation of 288 sequence-characterized genetic markers in an F2 population …

A diversity survey was used to estimate allelic diversity and heterozygosity of 129
microsatellite markers in a panel of 44 common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) genotypes that …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …