Domestication, spread, and improvement have shaped biological nitrogen fixation traits in Zea taxa
Keyvan Maleki, Layne N. Connolly, Nicola Lorenz, Tuny Amphonechit, Alexander J. Lindsey, Hugo Perales, Vivian Bernau, Richard Dick, Kristin Mercer
The paper evaluates biological nitrogen fixation traits in Zea taxa across domestication, spread, and improvement, finding that aerial root phenotypes evolved more than BNF capacity.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2026 · PreprintEcology