Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are the rhizosphere bacteria that can enhance
plant growth by a wide variety of mechanisms like phosphate solubilization, siderophore …

Legumes form a large group of plants that constitute the third largest family of angiosperms,
including near 20,000 species and 750 genera. Most of them have the ability to establish …

Many rhizospheric bacterial strains possess plant growth-promoting mechanisms. These
bacteria can be applied as biofertilizers in agriculture and forestry, enhancing crop yields …

The second edition of this book, first published in 1991 and intended for students and
researchers, contains revised and updated material on the theory and practice of nitrogen …

Plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPR) associations range in degree of bacterial proximity
to the root and intimacy of association. In general, these can be separated into extracellular …

The need for sustainable agricultural practices is revitalizing the interest in biological
nitrogen fixation and rhizobia-legumes symbioses, particularly those involving economically …

The nodC and nifH genes were characterized in a collection of 83 rhizobial strains which
represented 23 recognized species distributed in the genera Rhizobium, Sinorhizobium …

Rhizobium, Agrobacterium and Allorhizobium are genera within the bacterial family
Rhizobiaceae, together with Sinorhizobium. The species of Agrobacterium, Agrobacterium …

Abstract Contents Summary 11 I. When and where did legumes evolve? 12 II. Evolution of
legumes and nodulation 12 III. Taxonomic assessment of nodulation 13 IV. What triggered …

Referee: Prof. Dr. Dietrich Werner, FG Zellbiologie und Angewandte Botanik, Fachbereich
Biologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Karl-von-Frisch-Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany …