Molecular Characterization of Indigenous Rhizobia from Kenyan Soils Nodulating with Common Beans.

ABSTRACT: Kenya is the seventh most prominent producer of common beans globally and the second leading producer in East Africa. However, the annual national productivity is low due to insufficient quantities of vital nutrients and nitrogen in the soils. Rhizobia are symbiotic bacteria that fix nitrogen through their interaction with leguminous plants. Nevertheless, inoculating beans with commercial rhizobia inoculants results in sparse nodulation and low nitrogen supply to the host plants because these strains are poorly adapted to the local soils. Several studies describe native rhizobia with much better symbiotic capabilities than commercial strains, but only a few have conducted field studies. This study aimed to test the competence of new rhizobia strains that we isolated from Western Kenya soil

SUBMITTER: Wekesa C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10253646 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature