Treating the new soybean crop with an inoculant every year is vital before putting the seed into the soil in North Dakota and ...

Brazil is the world's largest producer of soybeans and one of the reasons is the incorporation of bio-inputs, microorganisms ...

Farmer David Addenbrooke has worked in the Zimbabwean beef industry for around four decades. Here, he relates his experience ...

Several companies are now selling biofertilizers, which are formulations containing bacteria called rhizobia or other microbes that can increase the availability of nutrients to plants (see ‘Tow ...

Tailored soil nutrition trials in Cumbria reveal how micronutrients can boost forage quality and livestock returns with smarter applications.

They grow special root nodules that house friendly bacteria called rhizobia, which take nitrogen from the air and convert it into a form plants can use. In exchange, the bacteria get sugars from ...

But legumes, including beans, lentils, and peanuts, have a trick up their sleeve. They grow special root nodules that house friendly bacteria called rhizobia, which take nitrogen from the air and ...

“Acid and alkaline soils give soybeans trouble.” For soybeans to produce their own nitrogen, rhizobia bacteria must be present in the soil. “Fields void of soybeans for two or more years ...

A new study has revealed that application of biofertilisers can compete effectively with synthetic fertilisers based on crop yields.If produced on scale, the study affirms that biofertilisers will ...

One specialized subset of transcription initiation sites the group found was in root nodules, a structure on legumes' roots that harbors interaction between the plant and Rhizobia bacteria.

This Research Topic addresses the molecular and cellular mechanisms of the symbiotic interaction between legumes species (bean plants) and bacteria of the Rhizobium genus (Rhizobia). We focus on the ...