Root nodules normally form in response to a bacteria called rhizobia. Legumes have evolved genes that specifically tell the host cells that rhizobia is present, triggering the formation of root ...

Rhizobial infection and root nodule formation in legumes requires recognition of signal molecules produced by the bacteria and their hosts. Here we show that rhizobial tRNA-derived small RNA fragments ...

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These beneficial bacteria are housed in root nodules formed on legume roots. However, the uncontrolled formation of numerous root nodules can impede root function. To prevent this, legumes need to ...

Dr Drapek said: "Right at the beginning of nodule formation you start to see an accumulation of GA in the nodule primordia, but very little GA anywhere else in the root. As the root nodule further ...

This leads to root nodule formation where bacteria are accommodated to convert nitrogen from the air into ammonia that the plant can use for growth. This symbiotic nitrogen fixation allows legumes ...

Using CRISPR gene-editing technology and other molecular techniques, Ma showed that soybeans have genes that suppress the formation of root nodules, where the nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria called ...

"LSH1/LSH2 enlist a program in a root tissue called the cortex that facilitates the formation of a group of cells that are infectable and habitable by the bacteria early during nodule development.

Root nodules normally form in response to a bacteria called rhizobia. Legumes have evolved genes that specifically tell the host cells that rhizobia is present, triggering the formation of root ...