Characterization of Rhizobia for the Improvement of Soybean Cultivation at Cold Conditions in Central Europe.

ABSTRACT: In central Europe, soybean cultivation is gaining increasing importance to reduce protein imports from overseas and make cropping systems more sustainable. In the field, despite the inoculation of soybean with commercial rhizobia, its nodulation is low. In many parts of Europe, limited information is currently available on the genetic diversity of rhizobia and, thus, biological resources for selecting high nitrogen-fixing rhizobia are inadequate. These resources are urgently needed to improve soybean production in central Europe. The objective of the present study was to identify strains that have the potential to increase nitrogen fixation by and the yield of soybean in German soils. We isolated and characterized 77 soybean rhizobia from 18 different sampling sites. Based on a multilocus

SUBMITTER: Yuan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7104276 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature