The specific interaction of the bacteria with alfalfa root hairs results in the development of root nodules, differentiated plant structures containing intracellular bacteria. These bacteria reduce ...

University of Minnesota Extension During the 2006 dry spell, Peter Jeranyama, South Dakota state forage specialist, described the affects of drought on alfalfa this way: Alfalfa can go dormant ...

For legumes like alfalfa, clover, and soybeans (others like lupines and peanuts form nodules in other ways) the bacteria then begin to attach themselves to extensions of root epidermal cells ...