Global demand to increase food production and simultaneously reduce synthetic nitrogen
fertilizer inputs in agriculture are underpinning the need to intensify the use of legume crops …

Most species in the Leguminosae (legume family) can fix atmospheric nitrogen (N2) via
symbiotic bacteria (rhizobia) in root nodules. Here, the literature on legume-rhizobia …

Contents Summary 40 I. Introduction 40 II. Recent changes in the taxonomy of legume
genera 41 III. Latitudinal variations in the distribution of nodulated legumes 44 IV …

In the 1990s several biocontrol agents on that contained Burkholderia strains were
registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). After risk …

Rhizobial symbiosis genes are often carried on symbiotic islands or plasmids that can be
transferred (horizontal transfer) between different bacterial species. Symbiosis genes …

The symbiosis between plants and nitrogen‐fixing bacteria is widespread among legumes
and actinorhizal plants within the nitrogen‐fixing root nodule (NFN) clade. However, there …

Recent findings point to plant root traits as potentially important for shaping the boundaries
of biomes and for maintaining the plant communities within. We examined two hypotheses …

The increasing interest in the use of rhizobia as biofertilizers in smallholder agricultural
farming systems of the Sub-Saharan Africa has prompted the identification of a large number …

Salinity is one of the most significant environmental factors limiting legumes development
and productivity. Salt stress disturbs all developmental stages of legumes and affects their …

The genus Burkholderia is a large group of species of bacteria that inhabit a wide range of
environments. We previously recommended, based on multilocus sequence analysis, that …