“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 ...

Nitrogen is a critical limiting element for plant growth and production. It is a major component of chlorophyll, the most important pigment needed for photosynthesis, as well as amino acids, the ...

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 ...

Soybeans fix nitrogen, everyone knows that, but did you know soil bacteria are key partners in the process? Rhizobia, the soil bacteria in question, form a symbiotic relationship with the soybeans ...

This nitrogen-fixing ability also leads to higher protein ... in Medicago infected with rhizobium bacteria. Dr Drapek said: "Right at the beginning of nodule formation you start to see an ...