BACKGROUND Although plants are dependent on the capture of a number of elemental
nutrients from the soil, the principal nutrients that limit plant productivity are nitrogen (N) and …

Since 1999, various forward-and reverse-genetic approaches have uncovered nearly 200
genes required for symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) in legumes. These discoveries …

As important physiological regulators, peptides have been used in many fields including
medicine, cosmetics, healthcare products, animal nutrition and health, and plant nutrition …

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) are the most important macronutrients required for plant
growth and development. To cope with the limited and uneven distribution of N and P in …

Medicago truncatula is a model legume species that has been studied for decades to
understand the symbiotic relationship between legumes and soil bacteria collectively named …

Nitrogen-deprived legume plants form new root organs, the nodules, following a symbiosis
with nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria [1]. Because this interaction is beneficial for the plant …

Root plasticity is an important trait for plants to forage nutrient and adapt to survival in a
complicated environment. Lateral roots (LRs) are generally more sensitive than primary …

Legumes tightly regulate nodule number to balance the cost of supporting symbiotic rhizobia
with the benefits of nitrogen fixation. C-terminally Encoded Peptides (CEPs) and CLAVATA3 …

Leguminous plants can establish symbiotic associations with diazotropic rhizobia to form
nitrogen‐fixating nodules, which are classified as determinate or indeterminate based on the …

Root system architecture (RSA) influences the acquisition of heterogeneously dispersed soil
nutrients. Cytokinin and C-TERMINALLY ENCODED PEPTIDE (CEP) hormones affect RSA …