schematic diagram showing phosphate starvation responses (PSR) and how they regulate nodulation and AM symbiosis in 3 plant species: Arabidopsis thaliana, P. vulgaris, and M. truncatula.
Taken from Batnini and Kumar (https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf133) in their Commentary to: Singh, J., Mendoza-Soto, A. B., Tiwari, M., Acevedo-Sandoval, T. T., Formey, D., Ané, J.-M., Isidra-Arellano, M. C., & Valdés-López, O. (2025). Phosphate deficiency reduces nodule formation through a phosphate starvation response-like protein in Phaseolus vulgaris. Plant and Cell Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaf069.
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Singh @oswaldovaldesl.bsky.social et al show that the PHR-L7 transcription factor in common bean halts early nodulation under P-scarce conditions, linking nutrient availability with #nodulation
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