Rhizobium symbiosis improves amino acid and secondary metabolite biosynthesis of tungsten-stressed soybean (Glycine max).

ABSTRACT: The industrially important transition metal tungsten (W) shares certain chemical properties with the essential plant micronutrient molybdenum and inhibits the activity of molybdoenzymes such as nitrate reductase, impacting plant growth. Furthermore, tungsten appears to interfere with metabolic processes on a much wider scale and to trigger common heavy metal stress response mechanisms. We have previously found evidence that the tungsten stress response of soybeans (Glycine max) grown with symbiotically associated N₂-fixing rhizobia (Bradyrhizobium japonicum) differs from that observed in nitrogen-fertilized soy plants. This study aimed to investigate how association with symbiotic rhizobia affects the primary and secondary metabolite profiles of tungsten-stressed s

SUBMITTER: Preiner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11020092 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature