Interaction and Regulation of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Metabolisms in Root Nodules of Legumes

Members of the plant family Leguminosae (Fabaceae) are unique in that they have evolved a symbiotic relationship with rhizobia (a group of soil bacteria that can fix atmospheric nitrogen). Rhizobia infect and form root nodules on their specific host plants before differentiating into bacteroids, the...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ailin Liu, Carolina A. Contador, Kejing Fan, Hon-Ming Lam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
Subjects:
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01860/full