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 …

Biological nitrogen fixation by Rhizobium-legume symbioses represents an environmentally
friendly and inexpensive alternative to the use of chemical nitrogen fertilizers in legume …

Grain legumes play a key role in smallholder farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA),
in relation to food and nutrition security and income generation. Moreover, because of their …

Background pH is frequently reported as the main driver for prokaryotic community structure
in soils. However, pH changes are also linked to “spillover effects” on other chemical …

The worldwide increase in population continues to threaten the sustainability of agricultural
systems since agricultural output must be optimized to meet the global rise in food demand …

Legumes tend to be nodulated by competitive rhizobia that do not maximize nitrogen (N2)
fixation, resulting in suboptimal yields. Rhizobial nodulation competitiveness and …

Abstract Purpose Brazil has 180 Mha of pastures, 86 Mha occupied with Urochloa spp.(syn.
Brachiaria), and 70% in some level of degradation. Inoculation with plant-growth-promoting …

Soybean root nodules are known to contain a high diversity of both rhizobial endophytes
and nonrhizobial endophytes (NREs). Nevertheless, the variation of these bacteria among …

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a key process for the N input in agriculture, with
outstanding economic and environmental benefits from the replacement of chemical …

Bradyrhizobium is one of the most cosmopolitan and diverse bacterial group nodulating a
variety of host legumes in Africa, however, the diversity and distribution of bradyrhizobial …