The key to their success is a type of bacteria called rhizobia, which lives inside nodules, or the little nubs you sometimes see on plant roots. While we usually think of bacteria as dangerous ...
It added that sugar beans required 40 to 60 kilogrammes of nitrogen per hectare, while rhizobium bacteria fix 50 to 60 kilogrammes for each hectare. Using ammonium nitrate (AN) would require ...