Soil microbes known as rhizobia supply much-needed nitrogen to legumes such as clover (Trifolium species). In return, legumes shelter the rhizobia in nodules on their roots and provide them with ...

Legumes initiate the symbiotic relationship between bacteria and plant by emitting flavonoid compounds that are recognized by the bacteria. Rhizobia then produce Nod factors, oligosaccharides that ...

and represent 68% of the total global legume production (Vance 2001). The Rhizobium or Bradyrhizobium bacteria colonize the host plant’s root system and cause the roots to form nodules to house ...