Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa

Grain legumes play a significant role in smallholder farming systems in Africa because of their contribution to nutrition and income security and their role in fixing nitrogen. Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) serves a critical role in improving soil fertility for legumes. Although much research h...

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Autores principales: Wekesa, Clabe, Jalloh, Abdul A., Muoma, John O., Korir, Hezekiah, Omenge, Keziah M., Maingi, John M., Furch, Alexandra C. U., Oelmüller, Ralf
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9223902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35743041
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126599
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author Wekesa, Clabe
Jalloh, Abdul A.
Muoma, John O.
Korir, Hezekiah
Omenge, Keziah M.
Maingi, John M.
Furch, Alexandra C. U.
Oelmüller, Ralf
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Jalloh, Abdul A.
Muoma, John O.
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Omenge, Keziah M.
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Oelmüller, Ralf
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description Grain legumes play a significant role in smallholder farming systems in Africa because of their contribution to nutrition and income security and their role in fixing nitrogen. Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) serves a critical role in improving soil fertility for legumes. Although much research has been conducted on rhizobia in nitrogen fixation and their contribution to soil fertility, much less is known about the distribution and diversity of the bacteria strains in different areas of the world and which of the strains achieve optimal benefits for the host plants under specific soil and environmental conditions. This paper reviews the distribution, characterization, and commercialization of elite rhizobia strains in Africa.
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spelling pubmed-92239022022-06-24 Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa Wekesa, Clabe Jalloh, Abdul A. Muoma, John O. Korir, Hezekiah Omenge, Keziah M. Maingi, John M. Furch, Alexandra C. U. Oelmüller, Ralf Int J Mol Sci Review Grain legumes play a significant role in smallholder farming systems in Africa because of their contribution to nutrition and income security and their role in fixing nitrogen. Biological Nitrogen Fixation (BNF) serves a critical role in improving soil fertility for legumes. Although much research has been conducted on rhizobia in nitrogen fixation and their contribution to soil fertility, much less is known about the distribution and diversity of the bacteria strains in different areas of the world and which of the strains achieve optimal benefits for the host plants under specific soil and environmental conditions. This paper reviews the distribution, characterization, and commercialization of elite rhizobia strains in Africa. MDPI 2022-06-13 /pmc/articles/PMC9223902/ /pubmed/35743041 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126599 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Jalloh, Abdul A.
Muoma, John O.
Korir, Hezekiah
Omenge, Keziah M.
Maingi, John M.
Furch, Alexandra C. U.
Oelmüller, Ralf
Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa
title Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa
title_full Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa
title_fullStr Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa
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title_short Distribution, Characterization and the Commercialization of Elite Rhizobia Strains in Africa
title_sort distribution, characterization and the commercialization of elite rhizobia strains in africa
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9223902/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126599
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