Then rhizobia penetrate the root hairs and typically form a ... nodule cell cytoplasm would inhibit the levels of nitrogen fixation in the nodule. Leghemoglobin seems to transport enough oxygen ...

“We found the molecular mechanisms through which light regulates legume-rhizobia symbiotic root nodule formation and nitrogen fixation,” says Wang. “Through this mechanism, legumes can ...

Beans are a key food at the dietary level, boasting high nutritional value and constituting the most directly consumed legume ...

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 ...

Root nodules are organs on plant roots that facilitate ... Iron is needed for the enzymes that catalyze nitrogen fixation; ...

A UCO team has applied the genome editing technique, which garnered a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020, to unravel the ...

They also have a "superpower" in the field: they are able to fix nitrogen to the soil ... responsible for the growth of the plant's roots and nodules," Muñoz said. Gene expression analysis ...