Light: a crucial factor for rhizobium-induced root nodulation

Md Mahadi Hasan; Francisco J Corpas; Xiang-Wen Fang

doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2022.07.002

Light: a crucial factor for rhizobium-induced root nodulation

Trends Plant Sci. 2022 Oct;27(10):955-957. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.07.002. Epub 2022 Jul 12.

Authors

Md Mahadi Hasan¹, Francisco J Corpas², Xiang-Wen Fang³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China.
² Group of Antioxidants, Free Radicals and Nitric Oxide in Biotechnology, Food and Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry and Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, 18008, Granada, Spain.
³ State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, College of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 35840482
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.07.002

Abstract

Wang et al. recently showed that, in soybean (Glycine max), root nodule formation is induced by a light-triggered signal that moves from the upper part of the plant to the roots. This novel signaling process opens a new area of research aimed to optimize the carbon-nitrogen balance in plant-rhizobium symbiosis.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Carbon
Fabaceae* / metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
Glycine max / metabolism
Nitrogen / metabolism
Plant Proteins / metabolism
Plant Root Nodulation
Plant Roots / metabolism
Rhizobium*
Symbiosis

Substances

Plant Proteins
Carbon
Nitrogen