Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, the University of Cologne, and the University of ...

WHEN a legume root is infected by the nodule organism, the formation of the young nodule is brought about by the multiplication and growth in size of the root-cells, principally in the cortex.

Nodules on the roots of peas and beans help the plant to secure its own nitrogen, reducing the need for artificial fertiliser. Professor Giles Oldroyd's group is researching how this could be ...

Asking Colombians Hernán González-Osorio and Cristian Salinas how the coffee they get in the United States compares to the ...

For legumes like alfalfa, clover, and soybeans (others like lupines and peanuts form nodules in other ways) the bacteria then begin to attach themselves to extensions of root epidermal cells ...

Scientists have identified two putative plant transcription factors that are essential links in the symbiosis of rhizobial bacteria and legumes, according to ... in regulating the development of ...

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, the University of Cologne, and the University of Copenhagen have uncovered a hidden talent of the Casparian strip—a root structure ...