“We found the molecular mechanisms through which light regulates legume-rhizobia symbiotic root nodule formation and nitrogen fixation,” says Wang. “Through this mechanism, legumes can ...

Nitrogen is a critical limiting element for plant growth and production. It is a major component of chlorophyll, the most important pigment needed for photosynthesis, as well as amino acids, the ...

Soil microbes known as rhizobia supply much-needed nitrogen to legumes such as clover (Trifolium species). In return, legumes shelter the rhizobia in nodules on their roots and provide them with ...

“Through the biological nitrogen fixation process, rhizobia fix enough nitrogen for the crop’s requirements. It is cheaper than mineral nitrogen fertiliser for the production of the crop ...

Farmers growing leguminous crops, the hosts for the nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria, can and should improve nitrogen by inoculating their legume crops with more of the bacteria. Grasslands ...

Farmers growing leguminous crops, the hosts for the nitrogen-fixing rhizobia bacteria, can and should improve nitrogen by inoculating their legume crops with more of the bacteria. Grasslands ...

This nitrogen-fixing ability also leads to higher protein ... in Medicago infected with rhizobium bacteria. Dr Drapek said: "Right at the beginning of nodule formation you start to see an ...

Soybeans fix nitrogen, everyone knows that, but did you know soil bacteria are key partners in the process? Rhizobia, the soil bacteria in question, form a symbiotic relationship with the soybeans ...