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Food legumes play a major role in agriculture, because they are capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen through their association with rhizobia bacteria. Consequently they can be grown with minimum inputs in soils of low fertility. Research on symbiotic nitrogen fixation to improve legume production needs a ready supply of species and strains of Rhizobium for food legume species and the collection, isolation and maintenance of strains of these Rhizobium form an essential base to any research program.
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Islam, R. (1984). Collection, Isolation and Maintenance of Food Legume Rhizobia . In: Witcombe, J.R., Erskine, W. (eds) Genetic Resources and Their Exploitation — Chickpeas, Faba beans and Lentils. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6131-9_5
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