Insecticides are used commonly in agricultural production to defend plants, including legumes, from insect pests. It is a known fact that insecticides can have a harmful effect on the legume-rhizobial symbiosis. In this study, the effects of systemic seed treatment insecticide Imidor Pro (imidacloprid) and foliar insecticide Faskord (alpha-cypermethrin) on the structural organization of pea ( L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHydrogen peroxide (HO) in plants is produced in relatively large amounts and plays a universal role in plant defense and physiological responses, including the regulation of growth and development. In the -legume symbiosis, hydrogen peroxide plays an important signaling role throughout the development of this interaction. In the functioning nodule, HO has been shown to be involved in bacterial differentiation into the symbiotic form and in nodule senescence.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFis regarded as a promising candidate for biofertilization of legume plants worldwide through its high efficiency in symbiosis. In this paper, we report high-quality sequences of six strains with total genome completeness from 93.5% to 97.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite global warming, the influence of heat on symbiotic nodules is scarcely studied. In this study, the effects of heat stress on the functioning of nodules formed by bv. strain 3841 on pea () line SGE were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh temperature is one of the most important factors limiting legume productivity. We have previously shown the induction of senescence in the apical part of nodules of the pea SGE line, formed by bv. strain 3841, when they were exposed to elevated temperature (28 °C).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDifferent components of the symbiotic interface play an important role in providing positional information during rhizobial infection and nodule development: successive changes in cell morphology correspond to subsequent changes in the molecular architecture of the apoplast and the associated surface structures. The localisation and distribution of pectins, xyloglucans, and cell wall proteins in symbiotic nodules of and were studied using immunofluorescence and immunogold analysis in wild-type and ineffective mutant nodules. As a result, the ontogenetic changes in the symbiotic interface in the nodules of both species were described.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmyloids represent protein aggregates with highly ordered fibrillar structure associated with the development of various disorders in humans and animals and involved in implementation of different vital functions in all three domains of life. In prokaryotes, amyloids perform a wide repertoire of functions mostly attributed to their interactions with other organisms including interspecies interactions within bacterial communities and host-pathogen interactions. Recently, we demonstrated that free-living cells of , a nitrogen-fixing symbiont of legumes, produce RopA and RopB which form amyloid fibrils at cell surface during the stationary growth phase thus connecting amyloid formation and host-symbiont interactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVarious legume plants form root nodules in which symbiotic bacteria (rhizobia) fix atmospheric nitrogen after differentiation into a symbiotic form named bacteroids. In some legume species, bacteroid differentiation is promoted by defensin-like nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides. NCR peptides have best been studied in the model legume Gaertn.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh soil acidity is one of the main unfavorable soil factors that inhibit the growth and mineral nutrition of plants. This is largely due to the toxicity of aluminum (Al), the mobility of which increases significantly in acidic soils. Symbiotic microorganisms have a wide range of beneficial properties for plants, protecting them against abiotic stress factors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPlant cell differentiation is based on rearrangements of the tubulin cytoskeleton; this is also true for symbiotic nodules. Nevertheless, although for indeterminate nodules (with a long-lasting meristem) the organization of microtubules during nodule development has been studied for various species, for determinate ones (with limited meristem activity) such studies are rare. Here, we investigated bacteroid morphology and dynamics of the tubulin cytoskeleton in determinate nodules of four legume species: , , , and .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, the roles of glutathione (GSH), homoglutathione (hGSH), and their ratio in symbiotic nodule development and functioning, as well as in defense responses accompanying ineffective nodulation in pea () were investigated. The expression of genes involved in (h)GSH biosynthesis, thiol content, and localization of the reduced form of GSH were analyzed in nodules of wild-type pea plants and mutants (weak allele, "locked" infection threads, occasional bacterial release, and defense reactions) and (strong allele, "locked" infection threads, defense reactions), and (abnormal bacteroids, oxidative stress, early senescence, and defense reactions). The effects of (h)GSH depletion and GSH treatment on nodule number and development were also examined.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe article examines the problem of ensuring the political stability of a democratic social system with a shortage of a vital commodity (like vaccine against COVID-19). In such a system, members of society citizens assess the authorities. Thus, actions by the authorities to increase the supply of this commodity can contribute to citizens' approval and hence political stability.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnalyses of natural variation and the use of mutagenesis and molecular-biological approaches have revealed 50 symbiotic regulatory genes in pea ( L.). Studies of genomic synteny using model legumes, such as Gaertn.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn Russia, tetramethylthiuram disulfide (TMTD) is a fungicide widely used in the cultivation of legumes, including the pea (). Application of TMTD can negatively affect nodulation; nevertheless, its effect on the histological and ultrastructural organization of nodules has not previously been investigated. In this study, the effect of TMTD at three concentrations (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground And Aims: Recent findings indicate that Nod factor signalling is tightly interconnected with phytohormonal regulation that affects the development of nodules. Since the mechanisms of this interaction are still far from understood, here the distribution of cytokinin and auxin in pea (Pisum sativum) nodules was investigated. In addition, the effect of certain mutations blocking rhizobial infection and subsequent plant cell and bacteroid differentiation on cytokinin distribution in nodules was analysed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo transgenic strains of bv. , 3841-PsMT1 and 3841-PsMT2, were obtained. These strains contain the genetic constructions and coding for two pea ( L.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPisum sativum symbiotic mutant SGEFix-2 carries the sym33-3 allele of the gene Sym33, encoding transcription factor PsCYCLOPS/PsIPD3. Previously, strong host cell defence reactions were identified in nodules of this mutant. In the present study, new manifestations of defence reactions were revealed in 28-day-old white nodules in which bacterial release had occurred.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLarge collections of pea symbiotic mutants were accumulated in the 1990s, but the causal genes for a large portion of the mutations are still not identified due to the complexity of the task. We applied a Mapping-by-Sequencing approach including Bulk Segregant Analysis and Massive Analysis of cDNA Ends (MACE-Seq) sequencing technology for genetic mapping the gene of pea which controls the formation of symbioses with both nodule bacteria and arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi. For mapping we developed an -population from the cross between pea line N24 carrying the mutant allele of and the wild type NGB1238 (=JI0073) line.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe development of nitrogen-fixing nodules formed during -legume symbiosis is strongly controlled by phytohormones. In this study, we investigated the effect of gibberellins (GAs) on senescence of pea () symbiotic nodules. Pea wild-type line SGE, as well as corresponding mutant lines SGEFix-1 (), SGEFix-2 (), SGEFix-3 (), and SGEFix-7 (), blocked at different stages of nodule development, were used in the study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTwo bacterial strains Ach-343 and Opo-235 were isolated, respectively from nodules of Miocene-Pliocene relict legumes Bunge and Peschkova originated from Buryatia (Baikal Lake region, Russia). For identification of these strains the sequencing of 16S rRNA () gene was used. Strain Opo-235 belonged to the species , while the strain Ach-343 was identified as (100 and 99.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInfection of host cells by nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria, known as rhizobia, involves the progressive remodelling of the plant-microbe interface. This process was examined by using monoclonal antibodies to study the subcellular localisation of pectins and arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs) in wild-type and ineffective nodules of Pisum sativum and Medicago truncatula. The highly methylesterified homogalacturonan (HG), detected by monoclonal antibody JIM7, showed a uniform localisation in the cell wall, regardless of the cell type in nodules of P.
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