“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 ...

Rhizobial symbiosis refers to the mutually beneficial relationship that forms between plants and soil bacteria that fix nitrogen, termed rhizobia. The authors report that iron binds to and ...

Additionally, authors stress the importance of calcium signaling in establishing symbiotic partnerships between plants and beneficial bacteria, particularly in the development of arbuscular ...

Soil salinity has emerged as a serious issue for global food security. It is estimated that currently about 62 million hectares or 20 percent of the world’s irrigated land is affected by salinity. The ...

Plant symbiosis is the close and persistent co-existence of individuals of more than one species, at least one of which is a plant. In most cases both the plant and its symbiont derive an ...