For over a century, the scientific community has had a comprehensive understanding of how
rhizobia can promote the growth of legumes by forming nitrogen fixing nodules. Despite this …

Accepted: 17/Oct/2018, Online: 31/Oct/2018 Abstract—India being an agricultural country,
more than 80% population of rural India depends on agriculture and its associated activities …

Worldwide, salinity severely affects agricultural production of crops such as mung bean in
arid and semi-arid regions. In saline conditions, various species of Rhizobium can be used …

Microbes play a major role in medical technology, food processing, biotechnology,
agriculture and many other fields. The major route of pesticide exposure to microbes in the …

Greater production of cereals brings forth higher production cost and pollutes the soil
environment due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers. Therefore, crop scientists are …

Catalase and exopolysaccharides producing ability of rhizobia increases its survival in arid
and semiarid climates. Rhizobial exopolysaccharides activity increases root colonization …

Salinity stress has been considered as one of the most severe environmental factors limiting
the agricultural production worldwide. This study was aimed to evaluate the influence of …

Universal primers targeting the bacterial 16S-rRNA-gene allow quantification of the total
bacterial load in variable sample types by qPCR. However, many universal primer pairs also …

Biological preparation containing live or latent cells of microorganisms or their metabolites,
which when inoculated to seed, soil or roots of seedlings, promote plant growth and …

Rhizobium is well-documented for its symbiotic relationship with legume plants, where it
plays a crucial role in biological nitrogen-(N)-fixation within their root nodules. However, the …