researchers used the legume model plant Lotus japonicus to perform a transcriptome analysis based on the nitrogen status in the plant body during the rhizobial symbiosis process. IRON MAN (IMA ...

One common instance of symbiosis teams up microbe and plant. Legume plants, such as peas and beans, have bacteria on their roots that convert nitrogen from the soil into an organic form the plants ...

Among them, the legume family in the order Fabales, where most of the species engaged in root nodule symbiosis, uniquely incorporated the cytokinin pathway as an important regulatory module for ...