Exploring a rhizobium to fix nitrogen in non-leguminous plants by using a tumor-formation root pathogen

Abstract Over 110 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer every year is used for crop production. Scientists have dreamed of enabling rhizobial nitrogen fixation in non-leguminous crops to mitigate the increasing demand for nitrogen fertilizer. However, despite decades of research, rhizobial nitrogen fi...

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Main Authors: Ying Zhao, Lixia Gao, Zhixiao Gao, Binnian Tian, Tao Chen, Jiatao Xie, Jiasen Cheng, Yanping Fu, Youguo Li, Shunyuan Xiao, Ton Bisseling, Daohong Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Phytopathology Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-022-00154-w