M. Udvardi

A Multitrait Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals a Requirement for the Strigolactone Receptor DWARF14 in Optimal GOLVEN10 Signaling

This study identifies a genetic link between strigolactone signaling and GLV10 responsiveness in Medicago truncatula through genome-wide association and mutant analysis.

Peripheral vascular strand development in nodules is controlled by a bHLH/HLH heterodimer

This study identifies NVD1 and NVD2 heterodimers as critical regulators of peripheral vascular strand development in Medicago truncatula nodules, showing their role in maintaining proper vascular organization and auxin/cytokinin balance.

The peptide GOLVEN10 controls nodule and lateral root organogenesis and positioning along the longitudinal root axis

The paper identifies GOLVEN10 peptide as a regulator of nodule and lateral root positioning and organogenesis in Medicago truncatula.

Application of synthetic peptide CEP1 increases nutrient uptake rates along plant roots

The paper screens synthetic peptides for enhancing nutrient uptake in plants, finding that CEP1 increases nitrate, phosphate, and sulfate uptake in Medicago and Arabidopsis.

Lotus japonicus karrikin receptors display divergent ligand-binding specificities and organ-dependent redundancy

This study shows that KAI2a and KAI2b in Lotus japonicus have divergent ligand-binding specificities and organ-dependent redundancy in response to karrikin ligands.

GmVTL1 is an iron transporter on the symbiosome membrane of soybean with an important role in nitrogen fixation.

Medicago truncatula copper transporter1 (MtCOPT1) delivers copper for symbiotic nitrogen fixation

The paper identifies MtCOPT1 as a copper transporter essential for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Medicago truncatula, showing its role in copper delivery to nodules and its impact on nitrogenase activity and biomass.