%0 Journal Article %T Involvement of Root Hair during <i>Rhizobial</i> Invasion in Cultivated Peanut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> L.) %A James Maku %A Liping Wang %A Fengxia Liu %A Lixia Liu %A Karen Kelley %A Ze Peng %A Jianping Wang %J American Journal of Plant Sciences %P 1646-1659 %@ 2158-2750 %D 2018 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ajps.2018.98119 %X Peanut root invasion by <i>Bradyrhizobia</i> is through a crack entry, which is different from many other legumes applying an infection thread entry in root hair. Understanding the role of root hair in the crack entry of <i>Bradyrhizobia</i> invasion of peanut root and subsequent peanut nodulation would facilitate improvement of biological nitrogen fixation in cultivated peanut. The objective of this study was to investigate the involvement of root hair in <i>Bradyrhizobial</i> invasion of peanut. Seedling roots of a nodulating peanut %K Cultivated Peanut %K Crack Entry %K < %K i> %K Bradyrhizobia< %K /i> %K Root Hair %K Nodulation %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=86057