Plant Science
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2015 5:55 pm
Researchers discover how bacteria sweet-talk their way into plants
This is an interesting article which introduces the topic of plant science to this forum. Scholarly entries only please.
LINK: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-bacteria-sweet-talk.html
This is an interesting article which introduces the topic of plant science to this forum. Scholarly entries only please.
Clover and other legumes form a unique symbiotic relationship with bacteria known as rhizobia, which they allow to infect their roots. This leads to root nodules being formed in which the bacteria convert nitrogen from the air into ammonia that the plant can use for growth.
Exactly how these plants are able to distinguish and welcome in compatible rhizobia for this self-fertilising activity—while halting infection by incompatible bacteria—has been a mystery.
LINK: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-bacteria-sweet-talk.html