Legumes such as soybean are considered important crops as they provide proteins and oils
for humans and livestock around the world. Different from other crops, leguminous crops …

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation is highly sensitive to drought, which results in decreased N
accumulation and yield of legume crops. The effects of drought stress on N2 fixation usually …

Microplastics (MPs) occur and distribute widely in agroecosystems, posing a potential threat
to soil− plant systems. However, little is known about their effects on legumes and N-fixing …

Each perennial woody plant is a highly integrated system of competing carbohydrate sinks
(utilization sites). Internal competition for carbohydrates is shown by changes in rates of …

▪ Abstract Infection of legume roots or stems with soil bacteria of the Rhizobiaceae results in
the formation of nodules that become symbiotic nitrogen-fixing organs. Within the infected …

The effects of salinity on growth, nodulation, acetylene reduction activity (ARA), nodule
leghemoglobin (Lb) content and respiratory capacity of bacteroids from pea (Pisum sativwn …

Nitrogenase-dependent acetylene reduction activity of glasshouse-grown alfalfa (Medicago
sativa L.) decreased rapidly in response both to harvesting (80% shoot removal) and …

Plant Peroxisomes deals with the biogenesis of plant peroxisomes and its relevance to the
proposed model for peroxisome biogenesis in germinated seeds. The book is divided into …

L-Glutamate dehydrogenase catalyses the reversible conversion of 2-oxoglutarate and L-
glutamate for the entry of ammonium into the organic cycle and for its release as well …

Only a very small number of freely occurring disaccharides are known to exist in nature.
Sucrose is one of the most abundant natural products which, in addition to playing a central …