Soil fertility improvement by symbiotic rhizobia for sustainable agriculture

SS Sindhu, R Sharma, S Sindhu… - Soil fertility management …, 2019 - Springer
Soil is living medium and it acts as a precarious reserve in agriculture and food production.
To enhance crop yields for ever-increasing human population, chemical fertilizers are being …

Potential of Rhizosphere Bacteria for Improving Rhizobium-Legume Symbiosis

I Mehboob, M Naveed, ZA Zahir, A Sessitsch - Plant microbe symbiosis …, 2013 - Springer
About 60% of the earth's available nitrogen is fixed via biological nitrogen fixation (BNF).
Being a major contributor to BNF, Rhizobium-legume symbiosis can provide well over half of …

Role of rhizobia for sustainable agriculture: lab to land

A Kumar, VS Meena, P Roy, Vandana… - Plant Growth Promoting …, 2019 - Springer
Rhizobia is symbiotic diazotrophic soil bacteria infecting the roots of leguminous plants to
form root nodules to fix molecular atmospheric nitrogen (N 2) with the aid of nitrogenase …

Rhizobium

R Verma, H Annapragada, N Katiyar, N Shrutika… - Beneficial microbes in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Legume–rhizobia symbiosis contributes significantly to the balance of the N cycle globally
through the process called symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF). The amount of nitrogen fixed …

Enhancement of rhizobia–legumes symbioses and nitrogen fixation for crops productivity improvement

HH Zahran - Microbial strategies for crop improvement, 2009 - Springer
Rhizobia form a very interesting symbiotic relationship with leguminous plants. This
relationship has attracted the attention of biologists all over the world due to the great impact …

Rhizobial inoculants for sustainable agriculture: prospects and applications

I Naseer, M Ahmad, SM Nadeem, I Ahmad… - Biofertilizers for …, 2019 - Springer
Due to continuous growth of world population, there is dire need of serious efforts and
innovative approaches to meet food demands through sustainable production practices …

Plasmids impact on rhizobia-legumes symbiosis in diverse environments

HH Zahran - Symbiosis, 2017 - Springer
Rhizobia are a well-known group of soil bacteria that establish symbiotic relationship with
leguminous plants, fix atmospheric nitrogen, and improve soil fertility. To fulfill multiple duties …

Perspectives of rhizobial inoculation for sustainable crop production

M Naveed, I Mehboob, MB Hussain… - Plant microbes symbiosis …, 2015 - Springer
The need for sustainable agricultural practices is revitalizing the worldwide interest in
biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and rhizobia-legume symbiosis, particularly in organic …

Biological nitrogen fixation for sustainable agriculture

B Saha, S Saha, A Das, PK Bhattacharyya… - … Important Microbes for …, 2017 - Springer
Worldwide the increasing use of inorganic nitrogenous fertilizer becomes a threat to the
environment and consequently to the mankind. It is high time to think about the alternate …

Legume-rhizobia symbiosis under stress

K Karmakar, A Rana, A Rajwar, M Sahgal… - Plant microbes symbiosis …, 2015 - Springer
Legume-rhizobia symbioses are of practical importance in provision of sustained food
supply. Currently, it provides approximately 45% of N used in agriculture. This quantity will …