Legumes such as pea (Pisum sativum) are increasingly important for sustainable agriculture because they form nitrogen-fixing symbioses with Rhizobium bacteria. To uncover the genetic basis of rhizobial partner choice and nodulated root-system architecture (NRSA), we evaluated 335 pea accessions using a high-throughput phenotyping platform where plants were inoculated with the same mixture of 28…
In 1987, biologists captured the last free-flying condor to transfer it to captivity, and the largest flying North American bird species was officially declared extinct in the wild.
