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Plants provide a substantial ecological niche for bacteria. The symbiotic association between legume and rhizobia contributed World’s largest share of biologically fixed nitrogen. This review explains the rational of using nitrogen-fixing bacteria in sustainable agriculture particularly from the genetic engineering in non-legumes for root nodule development to rhizobia and non-legume interaction covering mode of entry. Associative and entophytic role of nitrogen fixation bacteria in various cereal and non-cereal crops is well established and their functional molecules are covered in the chapter. This review attempts to discuss present challenges, future visions and missions to achieve improvement in soil fertility and crop production.
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Dheeman, S., Maheshwari, D.K. (2022). Ecology of Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria for Sustainable Development of Non-legume Crops. In: Maheshwari, D.K., Dobhal, R., Dheeman, S. (eds) Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria: Sustainable Growth of Non-legumes. Microorganisms for Sustainability, vol 36. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4906-7_13
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