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Researchers from the ENSA project have now discovered the receptor complex crucial for initiating symbiotic signalling in legume plants that engage in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. They also identified cereal receptors with the same ability, suggesting that the path to nitrogen-fixing cereals might be shorter than anticipated.