Regulation of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbioses in Legumes

The Nitrogen-Fixing Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis, Volume 94, the latest release in the Advances in Botanical Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on The diversity of legume-rhizobium symbioses, Parasponia; an evolutionary outlier of rhizobium symbiosis, Rhizobium diversity in the light of evolution, Genomes of rhizobia, Gene regulation by extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors in alpha-rhizobia, Early symbiotic signaling between Plant and Bacteria, Rhizobia infection, a journey to the inside of plant cells, Differentiation of symbiotic nodule cells and their rhizobium endosymbionts, Nodule Organogenesis, Nitrogen Fixation by the Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis, and much more.

Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authorsPresents the latest release in the Advances in Botanical Research seriesUpdated release includes the latest information on the Nitrogen-Fixing Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis

1. Nod factor signaling in symbiotic nodulation Mame Diarra Mbengue, Christine Hervé, and Frédéric Debellé 2. Hormonal interactions in the regulation of the nitrogen-fixing legume-Rhizobium symbiosis Ulrike Mathesius 3. Redox control of the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis Manuel A. Matamoros and Manuel Becana 4. Rhizobia infection, a journey to the inside of plant cells Rafael E. Venado, Juan Liang, and Macarena Marín 5. Nodule diversity, evolution, organogenesis and identity Shengbin Liu, Pascal Ratet, and Kévin Magne 6. Differentiation of symbiotic nodule cells and their rhizobium endosymbionts Peter Mergaert 7. Legume nodule senescence: a coordinated death mechanism between bacteria and plant cells Théophile Kazmierczak, Li Yang, Eric Boncompagni, Eliane Meilhoc, Florian Frugier, Pierre Frendo, Claude Bruand, Véronique Gruber, and Renaud Brouquisse 8. The genomes of rhizobia Barney A. Geddes, Jason Kearsley, Richard Morton, George C. diCenzo, and Turlough M. Finan 9. Rhizobium diversity in the light of evolution Mingxing Tang and Delphine Capela 10. Gene regulation by extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors in alpha-rhizobia Doreen Meier, Delia Casas-Pastor, Georg Fritz, and Anke Becker 11. Partner preference in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis and impact on legume inoculation strategies Stephane Boivin and Marc Lepetit