EcologybioRxivPreprint
Domestication, spread, and improvement have shaped biological nitrogen fixation traits in Zea taxa
Keyvan Maleki, Layne N. Connolly, Nicola Lorenz…·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.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.30.755791