Inoculation of forage and grain legumes with rhizobia is an important process to maximize biological N2 fixation capacity in these crops. Inoculation has the potential of increasing dry matter yield, N yield, and residual N levels. However, yield responses to inoculation are not universal in the region. In fields that have previously grown the same grain legume crop (i.e. contain an endemic rhi...

Leguminous crops, possessing root nodules, fix and utilize atmospheric nitrogen. They are thus not dependent on industrially fixed nitrogen but add up to 30 kg of nitrogen / hectare to the soil and improve its fertility. Access to mineral nitrogen often limits plant growth, and so symbiotic relationships have evolved between plants and a variety of nitrogen-fixing organisms. These associations ...

air pollution is the most important environmental problem of last century that threatens the health of living organisms, especially plants. so2 is one of the main air pollutants that can cause to imbalance in growth and physiological function of plant in high concentrations. symbiosis of rhizobium bacteria with alfalfa can cause increasing plant growth and plant resistance to abiotic stresses. ...

Wheat yields in organic production are significantly lower than those achieved conventional farming systems and Northern Europe farmers also struggle to achieve the processing quality levels demanded by millers bakers, especially winter-wheat crops. Here, we report findings of a 3-year pilot study which investigated potential increasing grain both standard (e.g., protein specific weights) selec...

Field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Farm of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Chhatarpur during two consecutive kharif 2017-18 and 2018-19 to evaluate effect different biofertilizers along with 75 % recommended dose fertilizers on growth, yield, nutrient uptake, use efficiency B:C ratio greengram (Vigna radiata L.). Results revealed that application NPK seed treatment Rhizobium @ 10 g/kg so...

Three cDNAs (ext3, ext127, and ext26), originally isolated by differential screening from a root-hair cDNA library of Vigna unguiculata, were found to encode extensin-like cell wall proteins. Transcripts homologous to these cDNAs were only detected in root hairs where mRNA levels decreased 1 day after inoculation with rhizobia. This coincided with the onset of root-hair deformation, the first m...

In Ethiopia, acidity-related soil fertility problems are the main production constraints, reducing productivity of major crops grown in country. The experiment was carried out to determine influence Blended NPS fertilizer, Seed Inoculation with Rhizobium Bacteria and Vermicompost (VC) application on soybean nodulation yield soybean. Factorial combinations (uninoculated, inoculated), three VC le...

Crop production encounters challenges due to the dearth of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), while excessive use chemical fertilizers causes environmental hazards. Use rhizobium phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) can be a sustainable strategy overcome these problems. Hence, pot experiment was conducted following completely randomized design explore impact fixing PSB on growth, yield, quality ...