Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions

Characterization of the response mechanisms to heavy metals in legumes and rhizobia: the expression of genes encoding NADPH-recycling enzymes in Medicago truncatula, and of mer genes in Ensifer medicae are related to greater tolerance to Cd and Hg, respec

Garcia de la Torre VS, Coba de la Peña T, Lucas MM and Pueyo JJ. 2022. Transgenic Medicago truncatula plants that accumulate proline display enhanced tolerance to cadmium stress. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 829069. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.829069

Paape T, Heiniger B, Santo Domingo M, Clear M, Lucas MM, Pueyo JJ. 2022. Genome-wide association study reveals complex genetic architecture of cadmium and mercury accumulation and tolerance traits in Medicago truncatula. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 806949. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.806949

Álvarez-Rivera G., A. Sanz., A. Cifuentes, E. Ibáñez, T. Paape, M.M. Lucas and J.J. Pueyo. 2022. Flavonoid accumulation varies in Medicago truncatula in response to mercury stress. Frontiers in Plant Science 13: 933209; https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.933209

García de la Torre VS, Coba de la Peña T, Pueyo JJ, Lucas MM. 2021. Cadmium-tolerant and -sensitive cultivars identified by screening of Medicago truncatula germplasm display contrasting responses to cadmium stress. Front Plant Sci 12: 595001. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.595001

Arregui GE, Hipólito P, Pallol B, Lara-Dampier V, García-Rodríguez D, Varela HP, Zanian PT, Balomenos D, Paape T, Coba de La Peña T, Lucas MM, Pueyo JJ. 2021. Mercury-tolerant Ensifer medicae strains display high mercuric reductase activity and a protective effect on nitrogen fixation in Medicago truncatula nodules under mercury stress. Front Plant Sci 11: 560768. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.560768