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 …

There is increasing interest in use of 'alternative'soil amendments in agriculture, but the wide
range of resources and products available differ greatly in their potential to overcome soil …

Herein the members of the Subcommittee on Taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria of the
International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes review recent developments in …

Soybean is the most widely grown legume in the world. A beneficial feature of soybean is its
ability to associate with rhizobia bacteria in its root nodules to fix atmospheric nitrogen …

Legumes tend to be nodulated by competitive rhizobia that do not maximize nitrogen (N2)
fixation, resulting in suboptimal yields. Rhizobial nodulation competitiveness and …

Microbial inoculants containing arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are potential tools in
increasing the sustainability of our food production systems. Given the demand for …

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) has regained worldwide interest as a crop across temperate and
subtropical regions. However, there is a paucity of information about the responses of hemp …

The rate of growth of the global population poses a risk to food security, demanding an
increase in food production. Much of the world's cultivable soils also do not have ideal …

A genealogical concordance approach was used to delineate strains isolated from Acacia
dealbata and Acacia mearnsii root nodules in South Africa. These isolates form part of …

BNF is a fascinating phenomenon which contributes to protect the nature from
environmental pollution that can be happened as a result of heavy nitrogen applications …