More than one hundred years have passed since the development of the first microbial
inoculant for plants. Nowadays, the use of microbial inoculants in agriculture is spread …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) has become a cosmopolitan crop, but was originally
domesticated in the Americas and has been grown in Latin America for several thousand …

Plant–microorganism associations have long been studied, but their exploitation in
agriculture partially or fully replacing chemical fertilizers is still modest. In this study, we …

Biological nitrogen (N2) fixation is key to sustainable agricultural systems in tropical soils,
which are frequently deficient in N. However, high temperature, drought and soil acidity …

Background The role of soil microorganisms in plant growth, nutrient utilization, drought
tolerance as well as biocontrol activity cannot be over-emphasized, especially in this era …

Peleg model was used to determine the instance moisture content of three varieties of bean
(Talash, Sadri and Mahali Khomein) and three varieties of chickpea (Desi, small Kabuli and …

The effects of salt upon Azospirillum brasilense strain Cd on plant growth, nodulation,
flavonoid and lipochitooligosaccharide (LCOs-Nod factor) production, were sequentially …

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) is one of the most important legumes for human
consumption. It is highly adaptable to different edaphoclimatic conditions, being an …

Cropping in low fertility soils, especially those poor in N, contributes greatly to the low
common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) yield, and therefore the benefits of biological nitrogen …

On-farm experiments were conducted in farmers' fields at 12 different sites in the 2 districts of
Moshi and Rombo in northern Tanzania during the 2000–01 cropping season to study the …