Root hair: An important guest-meeting avenue for rhizobia in legume-Rhizobium symbiosis.

En Li, Yuling Zhang, Sha Li, Jingwen Xiao, Wenxu Liu, Bicong Wu

Journal: Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology 2025;356():112518

PMID: 40274194

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Abstract

Root hairs anchor the plant in the soil, facilitating nutrient assimilation, water absorption, and interaction of plants with their environment. In legumes, they play a key role in the early infection of rhizobia. This review aimed to summarize the recent progress about the nodulation factor receptors on the root hair surface. It also discussed the importance of downstream signaling pathways of nodulation factor receptors and highlighted Rho of plants signaling pathway that controls infection thread polar growth and nodulation.

Address: College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.; School of Foreign Languages, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.; QAU-RAU Joint Institute for Advanced Agricultural Technology Institute, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China.; College of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2025.112518

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MeSH Terms: Symbiosis, Fabaceae, Plant Roots, Rhizobium, Plant Root Nodulation, Signal Transduction