Peptide GOLVEN10 alters root development and noduletaxis
Plant Science Research WeeklyFor many years, biologists argued about whether plants have peptide hormones like animals have, and ever since it was first shown that plant peptides do have hormone-like functions, I’ve said a little cheer as new functions are discovered (Yay plants!). A few years ago, Sonali Roy and colleagues wrote…
Modus operandi of Nod-independent symbiosis in Aeschynomene evenia (Plant Physiol)
Plant Science Research WeeklySymbioses and nodule organogenesis processes that occur independently of Nod-factors are relatively unexplored. Quilbe et al. investigated the semi-aquatic legume Aeschynomene evenia, which has recently been shown to establish symbioses with Bradyrhizobium sp. that do not produce Nod factors. The authors…