Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39668214›Full record

ArticleNature communications2024

Increased diversity of beneficial rhizobia enhances faba bean growth.

Marcela Mendoza-Suárez, Turgut Yigit Akyol, Marcin Nadzieja, Stig U Andersen

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Marcela Mendoza-Suárez *Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. marcela@mbg.au.dk.ORCID 0000-0003-3419-1362
Turgut Yigit Akyol *Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Marcin NadziejaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Stig U AndersenDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. sua@mbg.au.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-1096-1468

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 771134Innovationsfonden (Innovation Fund Denmark) 2071-00012BNovo Nordisk Fonden (Novo Nordisk Foundation) NNF23OC0081220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Legume-rhizobium symbiosis provides a sustainable nitrogen source for agriculture. Nitrogen fixation efficiency depends on both legume and rhizobium genotypes, but the implications of their interactions for plant performance in environments with many competing rhizobium strains remain unclear. Here, we let 399 Rhizobium leguminosarum complex sv. viciae strains compete for nodulation of 212 faba bean genotypes. We find that the strains can be categorised by their nodule occupancy profiles into groups that show distinct competitive interactions and plant growth-promoting effects. Further, we show that the diversity of strains occupying root nodules affects plant growth and is under plant genetic control. These insights provide a basis for re-designing rhizobium inoculation and plant breeding strategies to enhance symbiotic nitrogen fixation in agriculture.

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Nitrogen FixationRhizobium leguminosarumSymbiosisVicia fabaGenotypePlant Root NodulationRhizobiumRoot Nodules, Plant

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PMID39668214
PMCPMC11638261

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