For decades, rhizobia were thought to be the only nitrogen-fixing inhabitants of legume
nodules, and biases in culture techniques prolonged this belief. However, other bacteria …

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 …

Large numbers of bacterial and fungal endophytes have been reported from different plant
tissues: roots, nodules, leaves, flowers and sprouts of legumes, with numbers ranging from …

The microbiomes of rhizocompartments (nodule endophytes, root endophytes, rhizosphere
and root zone) in soya bean and alfalfa were analysed using high‐throughput sequencing to …

Biochar, a solid coproduct of biomass pyrolysis, has recently been proposed as soil
amendment in agriculture. We studied the effect of biochar on soil and substrate …

For a long time, it was believed that a healthy plant did not harbor any microorganisms
within its tissues, as these were often considered detrimental for the plant. In the last three …

Aim We explored morphological and ecophysiological traits that enable invasive Australian
acacias to compete with native species for resources (light, water and nutrients) necessary …

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have been isolated from legume nodules,
displaying a potential to enhance nodulation, growth and yield of legume plants when co …

Legumes are the recommended crops to fight against soil degradation and loss of fertility
because of their known positive impacts on soils. Our interest is focused on the identification …

The extent to which the distribution of soil bacteria is controlled by local environment vs.
spatial factors (eg dispersal, colonization limitation, evolutionary events) is poorly …