In their natural environment, plants are part of a rich ecosystem including numerous and
diverse microorganisms in the soil. It has been long recognized that some of these microbes …

Abiotic stresses are the most significant factors reducing agricultural productivity. Plants face
extreme environmental conditions that may affect their biological mechanisms, thereby …

Contents Summary 40 I. Introduction 40 II. Recent changes in the taxonomy of legume
genera 41 III. Latitudinal variations in the distribution of nodulated legumes 44 IV …

New techniques have identified a wide range of organisms with the capacity to carry out
biological nitrogen fixation (BNF)—greatly expanding our appreciation of the diversity and …

For decades, rhizobia were thought to be the only nitrogen-fixing inhabitants of legume
nodules, and biases in culture techniques prolonged this belief. However, other bacteria …

The genus Burkholderia contains large number of diverse species which include many
clinically important organisms, phytopathogens, as well as environmental species. However …

Rhizosphere microbiome which has been shown to enhance plant growth and yield are
modulated or influenced by a few environmental factors such as soil type, plant cultivar …

Sustainable enhancement in food production from less available arable land must
encompass a balanced use of inorganic, organic, and biofertilizer sources of plant nutrients …

Legumes form a large group of plants that constitute the third largest family of angiosperms,
including near 20,000 species and 750 genera. Most of them have the ability to establish …

Burkholderia sensu lato is a large and complex group, containing pathogenic,
phytopathogenic, symbiotic and non-symbiotic strains from a very wide range of …