root nodule

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root nodule

n
(Botany) a swelling on the root of a leguminous plant, such as the pea or clover, that contains bacteria of the genus Rhizobium, capable of nitrogen fixation
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ISLAMABAD -- A study into the significance of the plant microbiomes has found the first direct evidence that nitrogen fixation can occur in the branches of trees with no root nodule required.
Trees can fix nitrogen from branches too
EPS play an essential role in the formation of the infection thread and in root nodule development [33].
Preliminary study of the properties of the plasmid pSym of the species Rhizobium sullae by the application of a bacterial conjugation with the species of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
A manual for practical study of root nodule bacteria.
Selection of efficient rhizobial symbionts for Cratylia argentea in the cerrado biome/Selecao de rizobios eficientes na simbiose com Cratylia argentea no bioma cerrado
A manual for the practical study of root nodule bacteria.
Nodulacao, trocas gasosas e producao do amendoim cultivado com Bradyrhizobium em solos com texturas diferentes/Nodulation, gas exchanges and production of peanut cultivated with Bradyrhizobium in soils with different textures
Lugtenberg, "Role of rhizobial lipo-chitin oligosaccharide signal molecules in root nodule organogenesis," Plant Molecular Biology, vol.
A comparative study of phase states of the peribacteroid membrane from yellow lupin and broad bean nodules
trifolii in culture, indicating that the suppression of nodule formation resulted from competition with the root nodule bacteria.
Engineering rhizobial bioinoculants: a strategy to improve iron nutrition
They study commonalities in the plant symbiotic genes involved in root nodule symbiosis and in arbuscular micorrhiza that are also associated with roots with plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for nutritional (N2 fixation) or defensive (suppression of pathogens) functions.
Developmental genetics of plant-microbe symbioses
His results indicated that charcoal application significantly enhanced root nodule formation, plant growth, and yields (shown in Fig.
Pioneering works in biochar research, Japan
The [O.sub.2]-diffusion barrier exists in the root nodule cortex that surrounds the central zone of infected cells to maintain low [O.sub.2] concentration, because nitrogenase is irreversibly inactivated by [O.sub.2] (Hunt and Layzell, 1993).
Structure of flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase gene for pubescence color in soybean
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