Nitrogen fixation in a landrace of maize is supported by a mucilage-associated diazotrophic microbiota.

Nitrogen fixation in a landrace of maize is supported by a mucilage-associated diazotrophic microbiota.

Plants are associated with a complex microbiota that contributes to nutrient acquisition, plant growth, and plant defense. Nitrogen-fixing microbial associations are efficient and well characterized in legumes but are limited in cereals, including maize. We studied an indigenous landrace of maize gr...

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Main Authors: Allen Van Deynze, Pablo Zamora, Pierre-Marc Delaux, Cristobal Heitmann, Dhileepkumar Jayaraman, Shanmugam Rajasekar, Danielle Graham, Junko Maeda, Donald Gibson, Kevin D Schwartz, Alison M Berry, Srijak Bhatnagar, Guillaume Jospin, Aaron Darling, Richard Jeannotte, Javier Lopez, Bart C Weimer, Jonathan A Eisen, Howard-Yana Shapiro, Jean-Michel Ané, Alan B Bennett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-08-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2006352&type=printable
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